An Italian guru or faith healer was
found guilty Friday in the death from skin cancer of a
40-year-old woman after she had a birthmark removed in his
'holistic' centre near Genoa.
Paolo Bendinelli, a healer at the Anidra holistic centre at
Borzonasca, got three years and four months in jail in the case,
as did Brescia doctor Paolo Oneda.
A psychologist, Paola Dora, was acquitted.
The three were on trial for the death of Roberta Repetto, who
had her birthmark removed on the kitchen table of the centre and
was then treated for two years with hearbal infusions and
meditation before dying after her cancer metastasized.
Bendinelli and Oneda were found guilty of culpable manslaughter
while being cleared of sexual violence and taking advantage of a
psychologically weakened individual.
Prosecutors had requested terms of 16 years for Bendinelli, 14
for Oneda and 10 for Dora, charging them with premeditated
murder.
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