https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Rudy Guede, the man currently serving a 16-year jail sentence for the 2008 murder of 21 year old British exchange student Meredith Kercher, has been given 36 hours of temporary release from prison as a reward for good behaviour. https://www.thelocal.it/20160524/kerchers-killer-granted-36-hours-of-liberty Tue, 24 May 2016 12:41:08 +0200 kerchers-killer-granted-36-hours-of-liberty Simone Moro stood atop Pakistan's "Killer Mountain" last week and observed the curve of the Earth - a view which had never been seen by anyone in winter until the climber and his team conquered Nanga Parbat. https://www.thelocal.it/20160303/conquering-pakistans-killer-mountain-against-all-odds Thu, 03 Mar 2016 10:18:31 +0100 conquering-pakistans-killer-mountain-against-all-odds An ex-partisan who famously claimed to have killed fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has died at his home in Brescia, aged 94. https://www.thelocal.it/20151117/man-who-claimed-to-have-shot-mussolini-dies-in-italy Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:45:07 +0100 man-who-claimed-to-have-shot-mussolini-dies-in-italy An Italian vet, who sparked a backlash after a photo of him posing happily alongside a lion he killed in Tanzania emerged online, has pledged to take legal action against protesters who made violent threats against him. https://www.thelocal.it/20151105/i-did-nothing-wrong-italian-lion-killing-vet Thu, 05 Nov 2015 19:03:05 +0100 i-did-nothing-wrong-italian-lion-killing-vet They have left six people dead in France and now they're making a beeline for Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150702/italys-killer-hornets-what-you-need-to-know Thu, 02 Jul 2015 15:48:20 +0200 italys-killer-hornets-what-you-need-to-know Torrential rain drenched northern Italy again on Monday as the damage suffered by just one of the regions hit by floods and landslides was put at €1 billion. https://www.thelocal.it/20141118/italy-faces-1-billion-bill-for-killer-rainfall Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:13:00 +0100 italy-faces-1-billion-bill-for-killer-rainfall An Italian businessman committed suicide in prison overnight, a month after killing two former employees who demanded €20,000 in overdue wages. https://www.thelocal.it/20141020/killer-businessman-commits-suicide-in-jail Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:18:00 +0200 killer-businessman-commits-suicide-in-jail The suspected murderer of a 13-year-old girl has been caught by police, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano announced on Monday. The breakthrough in the 2010 murder case comes after police exhumed the body of a man thought to be the killer's father. https://www.thelocal.it/20140617/italian-child-killer-caught-with-dead-dads-dna Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:24:00 +0200 italian-child-killer-caught-with-dead-dads-dna Serial killer Bartolomeo Gagliano, who escaped from prison in the northern Italian city of Genoa in December after being granted leave to visit his mother, has been sent back to Italy from France. https://www.thelocal.it/20140423/serial-killer-is-back-in-italy Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:43:00 +0200 serial-killer-is-back-in-italy A migrant from Ghana who went on the rampage with a pickaxe in Milan last year, killing three people, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. https://www.thelocal.it/20140416/milan-pickaxe-killer-jailed-for-20-years Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:05:54 +0200 milan-pickaxe-killer-jailed-for-20-years A migrant from Ghana who went on the rampage with a pickaxe in Milan last year, killing three people, is mentally unfit for prison and should be transferred to a psychiatric hospital while he awaits trial, a forensic doctor told a court on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140121/milan-pickaxe-killer-not-fit-for-prison Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:05:00 +0100 milan-pickaxe-killer-not-fit-for-prison An Italian serial killer nicknamed the "Valentine's Day monster", whose escape from prison in Genoa this week triggered a huge manhunt, was caught Friday on the French Riviera, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20131220/italian-serial-killer-caught-in-france Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:10:00 +0100 italian-serial-killer-caught-in-france A €2,000 reward will be paid to the person who catches the Via Stamen “cat killer” in Foggia. Tests proved the cats were killed by "poisoned meatballs". https://www.thelocal.it/20130709/2000-bounty-for-poisoned-meatballs-cat-killer Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:20:00 +0200 2000-bounty-for-poisoned-meatballs-cat-killer