Cassation acquits ex Rome mayor Marino

(ANSA) - Rome, April 9 - The Cassation Court on Tuesday quashed a two-year term for alleged graft for former Rome mayor Ignazio Marino.
    The supreme court issued its verdict because "no crime was committed" in a case of alleged embezzlement and fraud over receipts for hospitality dinners.
    Marino, of the centre-left Democratic Party, had been acquitted at first instance and convicted on appeal.