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'Sick' Mafia boss back behind bars

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Wednesday November 25 2009

A CONVICTED Mafia boss who got out of jail by faking paralysis and anorexia has been arrested at a restaurant after more than two months on the run, police in Sicily said yesterday.

Officers arrested Francesco Di Stefano on Monday as he dined at a seaside village near the Sicilian city of Catania.

Irish Independent

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