An Italian Senator says, Massimiliano Latorre, one of the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012 off the Kerala coast, will not return to India. Senator Nicola Latorre, the Head of Italian Senate’s defence committee, was quoted as saying by Italy’s ANSA news agency yesterday. The second sailor on trial, Salvatore Girone, is being held in the Italian embassy in New Delhi and Italy has been seeking his return as well.
Supreme Court on July 13 last year, had allowed Latorre to stay in Italy for another six months on medical grounds, after the government did not object to his plea. The six-month period ends today and the matter may come up for hearing in the apex court today. The marines, who were on board ship ‘Enrica Lexie’, are accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast on February 15, 2012 after mistaking them for pirates.