Brilliant young doctorâs drug overdose was a mafia murder, court hears
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By Nick Squires
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Rome: The mysterious death of a brilliant young Italian doctor has taken a dark new twist with claims that he was murdered by the Sicilian mafia.
Attilio Manca, 34, was found dead at his home in Viterbo, central Italy, in 2004, supposedly of a heroin overdose.
Monica Mileti, his friend, was convicted of administering the dose and jailed for five years. But this week an appeals court in Rome acquitted her of any involvement in the urologistâs death. Suspicions have turned instead to Cosa Nostra, Sicilyâs mafia network.