Riccardo Bossi, Son of Lega Founder, Arrested in Italy
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Riccardo Bossi, the eldest son of Lega party founder Umberto Bossi, has been arrested in Italy. He must now serve time in prison.
According to the Italian news agency ANSA, Bossi has to serve a total of five years and nine months. This period is a cumulative sentence, made up of several separate convictions combined into one.
Umberto Bossi, Riccardo's father, is known in Italy by the nickname 'Senatur,' a dialect word for senator. He founded the Lega party, which has been an important force in Italian politics for decades.
Riccardo Bossi is described as the first son, or eldest child, of Umberto Bossi. The report does not give details about the specific crimes behind each conviction.
He is now in custody, meaning he has been taken into prison to begin serving his sentence. Italian courts often combine multiple sentences from separate cases into a single cumulative term, which is what appears to have happened here.
No further details about the case, such as the exact charges or when the original convictions took place, have been reported so far.
Vocabulary9 words
- arrested
- taken by police because of breaking the law
- cumulative sentence
- total prison time made from several punishments added together
- convictions
- official court decisions that someone is guilty of a crime
- Senatur
- a nickname meaning 'senator' in a local dialect
- politics
- activities connected to government and running a country
- eldest
- the oldest among brothers and sisters
- custody
- being held by police or kept in prison
- founder
- the person who started an organisation
- combined
- put together to make one thing
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Answer key
1. He is Umberto Bossi's eldest son 2. Several convictions combined into one total prison term 3. A dialect nickname for Umberto Bossi 4. False
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Riccardo Bossi, the eldest son of Lega party founder Umberto Bossi, has been _____ in Italy.
He must now serve time in _____.
According to ANSA, Bossi has to serve a total of five years and nine _____.
This period is a _____ sentence, made up of several separate convictions combined into one.
Umberto Bossi is known in Italy by the nickname '_____,' a dialect word for senator.
He founded the _____ party, which has been an important force in Italian politics.
Riccardo Bossi is described as the first son, or _____, child of Umberto Bossi.
He is now in _____, meaning he has been taken into prison.
Italian courts often combine multiple sentences from separate _____ into a single cumulative term.
No further details about the case, such as the exact _____, have been reported so far.
Discussion questions
- Why do you think courts combine multiple sentences into one cumulative term?
- What responsibilities, if any, do you think children of famous politicians have because of their family name?
- Does the fact that Riccardo Bossi is a politician's son make this news more interesting to the public? Why or why not?
- How important is it for news reports to give full details about a person's crimes, in your opinion?
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