Mafia boss misses his daughter's wedding
Published Date:
25 July 2008
By Phil Stewart
WHEN Don Corleone's daughter got married in the film The Godfather, he dispensed favours because no Sicilian Mafia boss could refuse a request on that day.
But in his prison cell, reading newspaper reports of his own daughter's wedding, the real Mafia's former "boss of bosses", Salvatore "Toto" Riina, could only imagine re-enacting the scene in his home town of Corleone, made famous by the film.
Lucia Riina, his 28-year-old daughter, was married there on Wednesday and, in the absence of her father, given away by her brother, Giuseppe.
Besides her father, other members of Lucia's extended family were also absent, including brother Gianni and uncle Leoluca Bagarella, who were also Mafia bosses and are also behind bars.
"Our thoughts go to those who could not be here," the groom, Vincenco Bellomo, told the guests, according to reports in Italian newspapers.
Giuseppe, who was freed from jail in February after serving time for Mafia crimes, also thanked their father, whose Mafia nickname was "the Beast" because of his ruthlessness.
The full article contains 178 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
24 July 2008 9:50 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
