Former Val d'Aosta governor for the Union Valdotaine got four and a half years in jail for corruption

Former Val d'Aosta governor Augusto Rollandin,  councillor for the Union Valdotaine on Thursday got four and a half years in jail for corruption. Rollandin was sentenced after a fast-track trial in which the prosecutor had requested six years. Proceedings will now be set in motion to suspend him as councillor.  Rollandin was among seven people probed in an investigation into alleged corruption involving companies the regional administration has stakes in.