Cassation says perjury charge for 2 Cucchi cops timed out

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 31 - Italy's supreme Court of Cassation on Tuesday ruled that charges of perjury had timed out due to the statue of limitations against two Carabinieri involved in the 2009 police brutality death of 31-year-old Rome surveyor Stefano Cucchi.
    Several police have been convicted of causing the death by beating of Cucchi, who was picked up on a minor drugs charge.
    The Cassation declared the crime of perjury time-barred for Carabinieri Roberto Mandolini and Francesco Tedesco, who had already been convicted in one of the trials for Cucchi's death.
    (ANSA).