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Sicilian to be sentenced for killing couple in North East

  • Hello and welcome to the live blog of the sentencing hearing of Sicilian killer Andrea Cardinale.
  • Graeme Hetherington will be bringing live updates from Teesside Crown Court.
  • Francesca Di Dio and Antonino Calabro, known as Nino, were brutally slain days before Christmas last year.
  • The bodies of the couple were found in a flat on Thornaby Road, Thornaby on December 21, 2022.
  • Francesca had travelled from Italy to visit her partner for Christmas before they were both found dead.

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