Albania sentences five for building collapse

11/11/2009

TIRANA, Albania -- A court in Gjirokastra convicted five people Tuesday (November 10th) in connection with a deadly building collapse a year ago. Three people were killed when their building collapsed, due to negligence at a nearby construction site. The owner of the construction company, Sotiraq Janora, was sentenced to six years in prison, while the rest got sentences of two to two and a half years. Two other officials were acquitted but were banned from public service for three years. (Shqip, Panorama, Gazeta Shqiptare - 11/11/09; Shekulli, News 24, Alsat, Klan - 10/11/09)

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