Ex-Mafia boss of bosses
Bernardo Provenzano is unfit to stand trial, a court ruled on
Monday after a medical check-up established his health had
deteriorated.
Provenzano, 81, is on trial in Palermo on charges of
extortion against a firm in Agrigento.
The trial was suspended and adjourned to June 2015 when a
new check-up will determine whether he is mentally fit to stand
trial.
Provenzano is suffering from Parkinson's and related
disorders.
The former Cosa Nostra chief was rushed to hospital earlier
this year after he suffered from neurological problems shortly
after he was transferred from Parma to Milan's Opera prison.
Arrested in 2006 after 43 years on the run, Provenzano has
been subjected to the 41-bis treatment for Italy's most
dangerous criminals.
The ex-mafia chief, once nicknamed the 'Bulldozer' because
of the way he "mowed down" rivals, is serving life for several
murders including ordering fatal bomb attacks on anti-mafia
prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992.
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