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By FRANCES D'EMILIO | Associated Press | Published: May 5, 2021 ROME — A jury in Italy convicted two American friends in the 2019 slaying in Rome of a police officer in a tragic unraveling of a small-time drug deal gone bad, sentencing them to the maximum life in prison. More than 12 hours after deliberations began, the jury of two judges and six civilians delivered verdicts and sentences Wednesday night that set off a collective gasp in the courtroom: Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, former schoolmates from the San Francisco area, were each found guilty of murder a...

May 6, 2021 Share A jury in Rome on Wednesday convicted two American friends in the 2019 slaying of a police officer in a tragic unraveling of a small-time drug deal gone bad, sentencing them to life in prison. The jury deliberated more than 12 hours before delivering the verdicts against Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, handing them Italy’s stiffest sentence. Elder and Natale-Hjorth were indicted on charges of homicide, attempted extortion, assault, resisting a public official and carrying an attack-style knife without just cause. They were found guilty of all...

2 American Tourists Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murdering Italian Newlywed Police Officer People 5/6/2021 © Provided by People Alberto Pizzoli/AP/Shutterstock Two Americans from California were sentenced to life in prison by a jury in Rome on Wednesday for the stabbing of an Italian police officer. Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, were found guilty of charges of homicide, attempted extortion, assault, resisting a public official and carrying an attack-style knife without just cause in connection to the death of Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega, according to t...

Rome jury convicts two American friends in slaying of police officer 5 May, 2021 11:50 PM 6 minutes to read Finnegan Lee Elder and his co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, right, listen as the verdict is read, in the trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer. Photo / AP Finnegan Lee Elder and his co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, right, listen as the verdict is read, in the trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer. Photo / AP AP A jury convicted two American friends on Wednesday in the 2019 slaying of a police officer in a tragic unravelling of a ...

Published Wednesday, May 5, 2021 8:32AM EDT Last Updated Wednesday, May 5, 2021 6:03PM EDT ROME - A jury in Italy convicted two American friends in the 2019 slaying in Rome of a police officer in a tragic unraveling of a small-time drug deal gone bad, sentencing them to the maximum life in prison. More than 12 hours after deliberations began, the jury of two judges and six civilians delivered verdicts and sentences Wednesday night that set off a collective gasp in the courtroom: Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, former schoolmates from th...