(ANSA) - Cagliari, February 20 - A Cagliari court on Monday
handed down 13 convictions and one acquittal over the illicit
use of public funding by parties in the Sardinian regional
council between 2004 and 2009.
Sentences ranged from five and a half years to tw years, two
months.
Former Italy of Values councillor Giommaria Uggias was
acquitted.
Giuseppe Atzeri of the non-aligned 'mixed' caucus was found
guilty of embezzlement but cleared of the charge of mobbing
towards the woman whistleblower who sparked the case, the first
of its kind in Italy.
13 convicted, one acquitted in Sardinia
Sentences of up to 5 1/2 years