01.Aug.2001 SWEDEN:

Sweden jails Italian Gothenburg summit protester

STOCKHOLM, Aug 1 (Reuters):
- A Swedish judge has jailed an Italian protester for two-and-a-half years for hurling stones at police during rioting at a European Union summit in Gothenburg in June, a court spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

The 43-year-old was ordered to leave the country when his sentence ends. There have been 18 similar cases in recent weeks in the aftermath of riots and pitched battles in the port city, in which police shot and injured three protesters, one seriously.

Last week the court sentenced another man to two-and-a-half years in prison for plotting the riots. The prosecutor's office has demanded a 25-year-old man be jailed for seven years for his role in fuelling them.

Almost two weeks ago there were violent protests at a summit of Group of Eight world leaders in Genoa, Italy, in which one man was shot dead.

Reuters Limited 2001.

---

Send gjerne tips om flere media-linker her

---