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Italian court convicts Swiss billionaire in asbestos deaths

Posters reading "Stephan Schmidheiny your place is in prison" are displayed outside the courthouse during a trial against the Swiss firm Eternit's Italian plant in Turin, on 13th February, 2012.

Rome, Italy Reuters An Italian court on Wednesday sentenced a Swiss billionaire to 12 years in jail after convicting him on charges of aggravated manslaughter related to the death of hundreds of people from exposure to asbestos. Judges in the city of Novara issued the verdict after more than seven hours of deliberations, according to […]