Riccardo Bossi, Son of Lega Founder, Arrested in Italy
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Police have arrested Riccardo Bossi in Italy. He is the son of Umberto Bossi. Umberto Bossi started the Lega party in Italy.
Riccardo Bossi must go to prison. He must stay there for five years and nine months. This time comes from many different convictions.
A conviction is a court's decision that a person did something wrong. Riccardo Bossi had more than one conviction. Courts joined them together. This is called a cumulative sentence.
Umberto Bossi is called the 'Senatur' in Italy. This is a nickname. It means senator in a local dialect.
Riccardo Bossi is now in custody. He is in a prison in Italy. The news came from the Italian news agency ANSA.
Vocabulary9 words
- arrested
- taken by police because of a crime
- Lega
- a political party in Italy
- prison
- a building where people stay as punishment
- convictions
- court decisions that someone is guilty
- cumulative sentence
- many punishments joined into one total time
- Senatur
- a nickname for Umberto Bossi
- dialect
- a local way of speaking in one area
- custody
- being kept by police or in prison
- ANSA
- a big Italian news company
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1. The son of Umberto Bossi 2. 5 years and 9 months 3. Many punishments joined together 4. True
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Police have arrested Riccardo Bossi in _____. He is the son of Umberto Bossi.
Umberto Bossi started the _____ party in Italy.
Riccardo Bossi must go to _____.
He must stay there for five years and nine _____.
This time comes from many different _____.
Courts joined them together. This is called a _____ sentence.
Umberto Bossi is called the '_____' in Italy.
Riccardo Bossi is now in _____.
The news came from the Italian news agency _____.
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