A Catania mafia clan was
planning to kill journalist Paolo Borrometi to stop his probes
into their affairs, a judge said Tuesday.
Borrometi, director of the Spia.it website, was described as
an "awkward journalist," preliminary investigations judge
Giuliana Sammartino said in a warrant that led to the arrest of
four people for a dynamite attack on the car of lawyer Adriana
Quattropani.
The Cappello clan was planning to kill Borrometi at the
request of Siracusa boss Salvatore Giuliano, Sammartino wrote in
the ordinance.
Borrometi has been living under police escort since receiving
mafia death threats.
Giuliano was caught on a police wiretap in January asking for
Borrometi to be murdered, sources said.
In response, Capello clan linked businessman Giuseppe Vizzini
was caught on another wiretap on February 20 saying in Sicilian
dialect that the journalist "hasn't got long to live".
Vizzini was arrested for ordering a bomb to be put in the car
of a bankruptcy judge who was about to impound a service area at
Pachino near Catania.
Vizzini and boss Giuliano "shared a common criminal purpose,"
said the preliminary investigations judge.
The boss was jealous of his reputation and was caught on a
wiretap saying "have him killed, what the f*** do you care?".
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