Friday 13th not so lucky for Calvi perjury woman: new arrest

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Woman arrested over 'God's banker' case<br>Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:32 PM GMT <br> <br> <br>LONDON (Reuters) - Police arrested a woman in London on Friday in connection with the 1982 murder of Italian financier Roberto Calvi, who was known as "God's banker" for his close ties to the Vatican.<br><br>The woman, who police did not name, was arrested for perjury and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in connection with Calvi's murder, a City of London police spokeswoman said.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-01-13T183211Z_01_WRI366565_RTRUKOC_0_UK-CRIME-BRITAIN-CALVI.xml&archived=False">today.reuters.co.uk/news/...ived=False</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>LAST night's BBC Radio programme discussion said this story relates to evidence given at the original London Coroner's inquest of Calvi's death, way back in 1982.<br><br>And that, if this woman is charged, then other witnesses' testimony heard by the London Coroner - which specificallly named so far non-arrested murder suspects seen with Calvi the night of his murder - will be vindicated.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

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Arrest of British woman linked to the death of 'God's banker'<br>A BRITISH woman has been arrested in connection with the death of "God's banker" Roberto Calvi. <br><br>Odette Morris, 45, was held at her west London home on Friday after a request by Italian police. <br><br><br>She is said to have provided an alibi for businessman Flavio Carboni - one of four people currently on trial in Rome accused of Calvi's murder. <br><br>The two flew to Edinburgh the day after Calvi's death and Carboni was described as "in an agitated state". <br><br>Officials in Rome said Morris was being held in connection with perjury and perverting the course of justice in the Calvi case. <br><br>Calvi was found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London in 1982, his pockets stuffed with bricks and bank notes. <br><br>He was dubbed "God's banker" because of his ties with the Vatican Bank, and at the time of his death was said to be on the run from the Mafia. <br><br>Calvi was the director of the Banco Ambrosiano which collapsed with spectacular debts just before he died. <br><br>Investigators have long suspected he was killed by the Mafia after a bungled money laundering operation, and his body left under the bridge to make it look like suicide. <br><br>Morris knew Carboni through the aunt of his mistress who had married her father, William. <br><br>Police arrested Morris 18 months ago and she was questioned and released on bail but has now been held again. <br><br>Italian prosecutors want to know more from her about an alleged alibi she provided for Carboni.<br><br>This article: <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=70112006">news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=70112006</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>