Trial begins in Rome of man accused of killing two Irish women

THE evidence of more than 30 witnesses to the hit-and-run deaths of two Irish tourists in Rome will be admitted.

Judge Anna Maria Pazienza made the ruling at the start of the case against Friedrich Vernarelli in the city’s central criminal court.

Vernarelli is accused of causing the deaths of Limerick woman Elizabeth Gubbins and Kildare woman Mary Clare Collins.