Rocco Pantaleo

Rocco Pantaleo (9 September 1956 – 26 March 2010) was an Australian businessman.

Born in Calabria, Italy, he emigrated to Australia in 1977 to find work. In 1985 he co-founded the La Porchetta restaurant chain. By the time of his 2010 death it had grown to 80 restaurants.[1]

In 1996, he shot dead Keith Lane. Lane had confronted Pantaleo over allegations he had indecently assaulted a teenage waitress, Lane's niece. The court found that Pantaleo had acted in self-defence, but he was convicted of indecently assaulting the waitress. [1]

Pantaleo died on 26 March 2010 in a motorcycle accident in St Kilda, Victoria. He was fifty-three.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Elder, John; Beck, Maris (28 March 2010). "Pizza kingpin had a dark side to his life". The Age. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/st-kilda-rd-closed-to-citybound-traffic-after-fatal-crash/story-e6frf7jo-1225845993242


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