Prosecutors request immediate trial for Toti

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 30 - Genoa prosecutors said Tuesday that they have requested an 'immediate trial', without any preliminary hearings, for former Liguria Governor Giovanni Toti in relation to a corruption probe.
    The prosecutors made the same request for logistics businessman Aldo Spinelli - the former chairman of Genoa and Livorno soccer clubs - and former Genoa Port Authority President Paolo Signorini.
    The case regards alleged bribes in which cash for an election campaign was exchanged for favours, including the extension of a port terminal concession.
    Toti, who has been under house arrest since May 7, has said he is innocent and will be able to show his management of the northwestern Italian region was clean.
    The centre-right politician resigned as Liguria governor on Friday.
    A preliminary investigations judge will now verify whether the conditions for an immediate trial have been met and, if so, set a trial date.
    Liguria is set for early regional elections because of the case and Interim Governor Alessandro Piana said Tuesday that the region has proposed October 27-28 as the date to central government. (ANSA).