Chapter Thirty Eight

It was all the time the Authorities had needed though and his henchmen were sentenced to life imprisonment for the manslaughter of the poor girl Alcina had seen raped. The rapes of the six other women who had come forward had also been taken into account and the Judge threw out the Defence argument that most of the women had not testified so how could the two men be held to blame.? His reply had been simple, these women had handed in written testimony statements because they knew what could happen to them. They knew they were targets and they knew how the Mafia worked, some of them had paid with their lives and they had wanted to be sure the men were convicted. Alfonso and Alberto had been placed in a high-security prison and separated from the other prisoners for their safety but they were hated by Officers and Inmates alike. It did not take long for another Don to bribe the Authorities to look the other way when the Gang came for them. They were out in the exercise yard and did not