A libel case in Italy was adjourned last month after lawyers failed to agree on the exact meaning of the phrase
P**s poor
The defendant a Rome based journalist John Phillips is accused of criminal libel by senior management from the food and agriculture organisation (FAO) a UN agency
He wrote an article that allegedly defamed the FAO's info officer by describing him as pi** poor
An Italian version of the phrase supplied to the court by the FAO translated as piscione
Incontinent
P**s poor
The defendant a Rome based journalist John Phillips is accused of criminal libel by senior management from the food and agriculture organisation (FAO) a UN agency
He wrote an article that allegedly defamed the FAO's info officer by describing him as pi** poor
An Italian version of the phrase supplied to the court by the FAO translated as piscione
Incontinent
