ROME, July 20 (UPI) -- Italian magistrates have informed an 86-year-old man in Rome they are investigating his connection with the 1982 death of "God's banker," Roberto Calvi.
Four people already in prison face trial in October for the killing of Calvi, found hanging from a bridge in London in June 1982.
However, the judges informed former right-wing subversive Licio Gelli he is suspected of commissioning the slaying, Italy's ANSA news service reported.
Gelli denies he was involved, but has acknowledged that the financier was murdered. He said he had known Calvi since 1975, but that he had few dealings with Calvi's Banco Ambrosiano, the collapse of which in 1982 sent Calvi fleeing to London.
Calvi earned his nickname because of his banking links with the Vatican. His death was originally ruled a suicide, but the case was reopened six years ago. His death is now thought to have been carried out in revenge for not paying back laundered money to the Mafia.
