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| An Italian court has found 15 officials guilty of mistreating protesters following violent demonstrations at G8 meeting in the city of Genoa in 2001. | An Italian court has found 15 officials guilty of mistreating protesters following violent demonstrations at G8 meeting in the city of Genoa in 2001. |
| A judge handed down prison sentences ranging from five months to five years to the accused - who include police, doctors and other officials. | |
| Another 30 defendants were cleared of charges, including assault. | |
| Protesters said they were beaten after being strip-searched by police. The prosecution said they were tortured. | |
| Organised brutality | |
| The 2001 meeting of the G8 in the northern Italian city of Genoa was one of the most violent in the group's history. | |
| Street-battles between demonstrators and police left one protester dead and hundreds of others injured. | |
| Police were accused of organised brutality at a high school where protesters were camping during the summit, and at a police barracks where demonstrators were taken after being arrested. | |
| One of the prosecutors in the case, Patrizia Petruziello, said that 40 protesters who were arrested suffered "four out of five" of the European Court's criteria for "inhuman and degrading treatment". | |
| All of those convicted are expected to appeal against the guilty verdicts. | |
| None will go to prison before the appeal process has been completed, which normally takes years. |