2 Germans Convicted in Italy in Fatal Lake Garda Boat Crash

2 Germans Convicted in Italy in Fatal Lake Garda Boat Crash
Lake Garda near Malcesine, northern Italy, on Oct. 6, 2008. Oliver Lang/DDP/AFP via Getty Images
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ROME—A court in northern Italy on Monday convicted two German men of manslaughter for a boat collision that killed an Italian couple who were also out on Lake Garda for an evening of relaxation in the summer of 2021.

The court in the city of Brescia gave a 4.5-year sentence to Patrick Kassen, who allegedly was at the helm of the Germans’ motorboat, and 2 years and 11 months to Christian Teismann, who had insisted he was asleep during the incident, Corriere della Sera daily reported.