A jeweller convicted for killing armed robbers after they left his shop has far-right deputies in Italy falling over themselves to defend him ahead of next year's general election.

Nach einem Raubüberfall auf sein Juweliergeschäft schoss der Besitzer Mario Roggero auf die fliehenden Täter, einer starb. Nun muss Roggero ins Gefängnis.

A Turin judge on Wednesday rejected a petition for Mario Roggero, a 72-year-old Italian jeweler sentenced to 14 years and nine months in prison for shooting dead two robbers and…