Five Swiss defendants cleared of Bondo rockslide manslaughter

A Swiss regional court has acquitted all five defendants of manslaughter in connection with a fatal rockslide in Bondo in 2017. Parliamentarian Anna Giacometti was one of the five cleared of all charges. + Alpine debris flows becoming more intense and unpredictable The Maloja Regional Court in southwest Switzerland found no evidence that there had been clear signs of an imminent major incident in the weeks leading up to the major rockslide. It concluded that the defendants were not negligent by…