Italy: factory managers to appear in court over deaths of seven Chinese workers

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The managers and owners of an illegal clothing factory in Italy are due in court on Friday over the deaths of seven Chinese workers in a fire last December.

Five people are facing homicide charges.

The victims worked and lived at the Teresa Moda factory in Prato, Tuscany.

The fire on 1 December 2013, was the deadliest in living memory in Prato.

Some 15,000 Chinese are estimated to be living in the city illegally.