Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini was found not guilty in a criminal kidnapping case dating back to August 2019, when he barred a migrant vessel from docking in the country, leaving it stranded offshore.

A court in Palermo on Friday acquitted Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister and the leader of the anti-immigrant League party, after he was accused of illegally refusing a boat carrying migrants to dock in Italy five years ago.

A court in Palermo is expected to deliver a verdict on Friday in a trial involving Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, who risks a six-year prison term for kidnapping for holding a boat full of migrants offshore for almost three weeks in 2019.

The far-right former interior minister prevented more than 140 migrants, including kids, from coming ashore in Italy.

A verdict is expected on Friday in the trial of Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who is accused of kidnap and dereliction of duty over his refusal to let a migrant rescue boat dock in Italy in 2019.

Italy’s deputy premier, Matteo Salvini, is sounding defiant as he awaits a verdict in Sicily for preventing some 100 migrants from disembarking a rescue boat in 2019 when he was interior minister.

A court in Sicily Friday found Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was interior minister

A court in Sicily is expected to announce its verdict on whether Italy’s vice premier, Matteo Salvini, is guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was inter

Italy’s Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini was acquitted over his role in preventing a rescue ship carrying 147 migrants from docking in Sicily in 2019.

By Wladimir Pantaleone and Angelo Amante PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) -Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday he had no regrets over blocking a migrant rescue ship at sea as he awaited a verdict in his trial on charges of kidnapping those aboard the boat.