Andrea Sempio's mother hospitalised after overdosing on pills

The mother of the new suspect in the

2007 murder of economics graduate Chiara Poggi, Andrea Sempio,

was taken to hospital Wednesday after overdosing on prescription

medicines.

The woman, Daniela Ferrari, was given a gastric lavage to clear

her system of the drugs.

Poggi's then boyfriend, Alberto Stasi, was granted probation

last week and walked free Monday after serving over 10 years of

a 16-year sentence for the murder.

Phone shop clerk Sempio is expected t be indicted over the

crime, while Stasi is expected to be cleared after one of

Italy's most grievous miscarriages of justice.

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