FILE PHOTO: Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi attends a news conference regarding his proposal for a transitional Italian government in Rome, Italy, August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria/File Photo
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - An Italian court on Monday found the parents of former prime minister Matteo Renzi guilty of issuing false invoices, and handed them suspended prison terms of one year and nine months.
The verdict is a blow to Renzi, who has just quit his old group, the Democratic Party (PD), to form a new centrist force, Italia Viva (Italy Alive), and has always stoutly defended his parents from accusations of financial wrongdoing.
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