Overview
- Bar managers Shu Zou and Liu Chongbing were convicted by the Milan Assize Court on Monday and each received 17-year prison terms.
- Eros Di Ronza, 37, had fled the bar with scratch-off lottery tickets in October 2024 and was killed outside with dozens of scissor wounds.
- Judges rejected the cruelty aggravating factor and accepted provocation as a mitigating factor, and they barred both men from public office.
- The court ordered damages to the family, setting 200,000 euros for each of Di Ronza’s daughters and 50,000 euros for his wife, plus legal costs.
- Written reasons are due within 40 days, and a man who was with Di Ronza remains under investigation for attempted theft.