Palermo's court of assizes sentenced to life imprisonment Pasquale Merendino and Giuseppe Correnti, accused of the murder of Massimiliano Milazzo, a 26-year-old of Misilmeri, beaten, tortured and killed in June in the country in province of Palermo. After having cut off a hand with a hoe, the two killers would have burned and made the body disappear. The motive for the crime was identified in the contrasts between the victim and the defendants in the management of the drug dealing and for some thefts committed by Milazzo. The young man was considered a loose dog and, according to the prosecutors, would have been punished for this with death. The decision to cut off his hand would be taken to make clear the meaning of the atrocious gesture committed.
