Spain's Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of a man once named as a top suspect in the 2004 bombings of commuter trains in Madrid, rejecting an appeal by prosecutors on the grounds he has already been convicted of the same crime in Italy.
Rabei Osman, an Egyptian, was one of three alleged masterminds cleared of mass murder in the bombings at a trial in Madrid in October.
The court ruled Thursday that because Osman had already been sentenced to eight years in prison in Italy, he could not be condemned again for the same crime.
The bombings on March 11, 2004, killed 191 people and injured more than 1,800.
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