Italian authorities are seeking a pardon for the 72-year-old jeweler who killed the robbers.

The ruling Italian parties have called for a pardon for the 72-year-old jeweler in the case of the murder of robbers who robbed his store. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on July 16.

We are talking about an incident that occurred in 2021. Then the owner of a jewelry store, Mario Roggero, shot two men and wounded a third after they robbed his jewelry store in the Italian town of Grinzane-Cavour.

The court sentenced Roggero to 14 years and 9 months in prison for going beyond self-defense. The authors of the material clarify that the authorities' call is dictated by the defendant's age, since any prison term for him will actually be life.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her ruling coalition, who had previously opposed the trial of the elderly jeweler, "strongly supported" the rest of the coalition's parties in calling for Roggero's release. In a joint statement, the ruling parties announced that they would collect signatures in support of the pardon petition. According to Italian law, the Ministry of Justice reviews such petitions before sending them to Italian President Sergio Mattarella.

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