Overview

• A judge at the Tribunale di Varese handed Bossi a 1-year, 4-month prison term for mistreating his mother in 2016.
• Prosecutors documented episodes of verbal aggression, financial demands and physical altercations that left his mother injured.
• The trial proceeded ex officio after his mother initially filed a complaint in Azzate and later retracted it.
• Bossi has consistently denied the allegations and his lawyer, Federico Magnante, has announced plans to appeal.
• This judgment adds to a January conviction that sentenced him to 2 years and 6 months for fraudulently claiming reddito di cittadinanza.