Vatican declares partial mistrial in cardinal's fraud case

Real Estate

A Vatican appeals court on Tuesday declared a partial mistrial in the case that led to a jail sentence against a senior Catholic cardinal for the misappropriation of Church funds for a property deal in the United Kingdom. The court said the judgment against Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, over a botched London real estate deal worth around 200 million pounds (around €230 million or $265 million at today's exchange rates), was flawed because of procedural errors by prosecutors and by former Pope

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