The Rome Assize Court of Appeal sentenced Finnegan Lee Elder to 15 years and two months in prison, instead of 24 years, and Gabriele Natale Hjorth to 11 years and four months, instead of 22 years.
Both men were convicted of the murder of Carabiniere Mario Cerciello Rega in Rome after a botched drug deal in July 2019.
In March 2023, Italy’s Supreme Court overturned an appeal court ruling against the two young Americans for killing the Carabinieri police officer while on vacation and ordered a new trial.
The court annulled the 24-year-sentence handed down to Lee Elder and the 22-year sentence handed down to Natale Hjorth in March 2022.
Rega died with 11 stab wounds while his partner was also assaulted.
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