A 64-year-old Romanian man got
nine years in jail Tuesday for locking up his 80-year-old
Italian wife and pumping her full of psychoactive drugs in a
successful bid to inherit her house and money.
Valentin Furtuna, former first violin at the Cagliari opera
house, was found guilty of "segregating" the woman.
His Italian lover, Marina Pillon, was acquitted despite a
prosecutor's request for five years in prison.
The musician was found guilty of aggravated extortion,
mistreatment, bodily harm and abduction.
His wife died a few years ago.
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