War Crimes Trial
On January 28, 1944 Bellomo was placed under arrest by the British Military Police and charged with "shooting or ordering to shoot two British officers, causing the death of one of them and the wounding of the other one." Lieutenant Cooke, the surviving prisoner, filed a report against Bellomo on June 5, 1945. In the following weeks, Bellomo was moved around several Allied POW camps, namely in Grumo Appula, Padula and Afragola. On July 14, 1945, Bellomo received formal communication of his trial. The court martial took place on July 28, 1945 and within an hour, he was sentenced to death. Bellomo was executed by a firing squad on the Island of Nisida north of Naples on September 11, 1945. At that time, the island was occupied by the British Army and used as a prison facility.
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