
The 14-year sentence for the former member of the communist fighting formations is still to be served
The Court of Assizes of Appeal has established that the 14-year sentence for Raffaele Ventura, former member of the communist fighting formations, convicted for the murder of vice-brigadier Antonio Custra in 1977, has not expired by statute of limitations.
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Raffaele Ventura has lived in France for decades under the Mitterrand doctrine and was involved in the murder of vice-brigadier Antonio Custra in Milan in 1977.
The 14-year sentence for Raffaele Ventura, a 76-year-old former member of the communist fighting formations, for moral complicity in the 1977 murder of deputy brigadier Antonio Custra in Milan has not expired by statute of limitations but still remains to be served. This was decided by the Court of Assizes of Appeal after a referral from the Court of Cassation following an appeal by the Prosecutor.
Ventura has lived in France for decades on the basis of the Mitterrand doctrine. In 2025, the Court of Assizes of Appeal confirmed a 2024 order of limitation of the sentence, giving Ventura the possibility, in theory, of returning to Italy as a free man. Then the referral decision of the Supreme Court.

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