Ex-Mafia don jailed for life

JOSEPH MASSINO, who went from the New York Mafia’s last old-school don to its highest-ranking turncoat in a betrayal that rocked organised crime, was sentenced to life yesterday after admitting his involvement in eight mob murders.

Massino received two life sentences after he admitted ordering the slaying of Bonanno family captain Gerlando “George from Canada” Sciascia and waived his right to appeal his conviction last year for seven other slayings.

Drawn, grey and speaking in a half-whisper, Massino told the judge: “As the boss of the Bonanno crime family, I gave the order.”