European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 13 Aviano airman convicted of rape to Appeal italian lawyer cites language insufficient evidence by Kent Harris stars and stripes ital Ian attorney representing an american airman convicted May 11 of raping a 14yearold italian girl said he plans to Appeal the Case to the nations highest Antonio Malattia said he has two reasons for appealing the ver dict against airman 1st class Rob Ert who was sentenced to six years in prison for the 2002 who was 20 when the incident took never appeared in court during the dozen or so sessions that were Malattia said that because Gard Ner was never served papers with the charges in the reason we plan to Appeal is the european convention for human rights provides that the charges have to be translated for the defendant in a language he in he Malattia said he made that argument More than once before the three judges who presided at the Tribunale i but they but Italy top court issued a ruling during the trial on a Simi Lar Case that said such translations must be so Malat Tia if nothing that the trial would need to be held again after Gardner receives the now even equipped with t buy Down offer on v luxury 2oq7 How and Well  plus program but take a our of financing offer is Only Val choose your favorite and a half outstanding financing sales jf9w Federal credit glob ii or Salt in Long ass saw buy 4pwn Ottar on All new ordered Volvo Fri h rebut is a minimum Deposit of Only above listed w5 Mili Terv sales representative of t a t re t charges against him in he said he also believes there want sufficient evidence to con vict his he said Gardner denies Ever being in the room with the girl where the incident took much less having sex with an albanian Kasem was also convicted of the crime and sentenced to six years along with Plaku has maintained that the sex was con he and another albanian National were positively identified by the girl in court the who is now said she believed at least one other person was in the room during the she said her memory want partially be cause she had been Given alcohol by the she testified the other person might have been according to Malattia said Dan evidence found on the girl and her clothing matched some of the but we rent a match for Malattia said under the italian Legal the judges Are currently Given time to write their reasons for their after appeals May be Gardner is still stationed at Avi Ano air base and has continued to work on base during the lengthy which lasted about 16 he declined a facet face and referred questions about the Case to his Malattia said that with the Vari Ous appeals available to he Doest believe that Gardner would serve any prison time until at least even if he loses every one of but in quite confident the a peal will have a Happy he email Kent Harris at  Navy lieutenant charged in equipment Sale a former Navy lieutenant living in North Western Wisconsin has been Ille Gally Selling military including laser gun and hoarding automatic fed eral prosecutors Federal agents and police Dis covered More than 65 machine guns on David Carmels property in according to a criminal complaint filed Friday in District court in the com plaint alleges unlawful Possession of two machine also faces Federal charges in new York of Selling Sto Len military laser targeting devices and machine gun parts to an undercover Carmel served As a Supply officer on the minesweeper uss Shrike and purchased hundreds of unneeded laser machine gun night vision goggles and machine gun parts for die the new York complaint Carmel was relieved of his Supply officer duties for misappropriating government property and misusing his from the associated press