An Italian jeweller has begun serving a prison sentence of 14 years and nine months after Italy's highest court, the Court of Cassation in Rome, upheld his conviction for manslaughter. Mario Roggero, 72, shot and killed two men and wounded a third in April 2021 as they fled his jewellery shop in Grinzane Cavour (a small village near Turin) following a robbery, with security footage showing him pursuing them, emptying his pistol, and kicking one of the wounded men. The case has triggered a fierce political backlash from Italy's ruling right-wing coalition, with figures including Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and Justice Minister Carlo Nordio calling for a presidential pardon, though President Sergio Mattarella swiftly reminded the government that the power of clemency rests solely with him.