Fugitive Mafia boss ‘spread terror in Sicily’

A fugitive Mafia boss caught hiding in suburbia was a leader in a murderous gang that “spread terror in Sicily”, a court heard yesterday.

Domenico Rancadore, 64, was denied bail at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on the grounds he has evaded capture since arriving in Britain 20 years ago by living under a false name.

He is wanted in Italy to serve a seven-year jail term for his role as “a man of honour” in mafia group Cosa Nostra, collecting bribes from builders in Trabia near Palermo.