Italian Policeman Arrested for Murder of Drug Pusher Asks for Forgiveness

Cinturrino says 'forgive me, I will pay for my mistake'

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 26 - Carmelo Cinturrino, a policeman arrested earlier this week on suspicion of murdering a drug pusher in Milan a month ago and planting a blank gun at the scene to justify his alleged self-defence, on Thursday asked for forgiveness and said he would pay for his "mistake". "That boy should have been in prison and not dead. I'm sorry for his family. I'm sad and sorry for what I did, but I felt desperate," said the assistant police superintendent in a letter delivered to his...

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