Paolo Emilio Signorini, the former
president of Genoa's port authority, has been released from
custody, judicial sources said Monday.
The former public manager was arrested as part of a corruption
probe that also involved then-Liguria governor Giovanni Toti and
port entrepreneur Also Spinelli, who have also been released
from house arrest.
The former manager, however, was the only one of the three to be
jailed for two months until July 16.
A judge had subsequently granted his request to be placed under
house arrest.
Judge Matteo Buffoni also ordered a year-long ban for Signorini
to serve under any entrepreneurial capacity.
Toti, entrepreneur Aldo Spinelli and Signorini, the former
chairman of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, earlier
this month reached deals with prosecutors to end the corruption
case involving the them.
Signorini reached a deal to plea bargain a prison term of three
years and five months and the seizure of just over 100,000 euros
as well as a temporary ban on public office in the corruption
case.
Spinelli and Toti had also plea bargained respectively three
years and two months and two years and a month, converted into
1,500 hours of community service.
A preliminary hearings judge will need to rule on the requests.
The hearing is set to be scheduled after regional elections
scheduled to be held in Liguria at the end of October.
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