Widow ‘totally shocked’ as US tourist granted house arrest in Rome murder case

Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, given life over killing of a police officer, to be detained at his grandmother’s home

An American tourist convicted and jailed over the murder of a police officer in Rome has been moved to house arrest, in a decision that left the victim’s widow “totally shocked”, her lawyer said.

Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth and his friend Finnegan Lee Elder were given life sentences for the 2019 murder of Carabinieri police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, 35, who was stabbed to death after a botched drug deal.