Last August, after a spectacular duet with Tony Hadley on stage in Alghero, the former Spandau Ballet leader publicly complimented him on social media not only for his resemblance to the late Freddie Mercury, but above all for his voice and his singing ability.

But it was precisely his great passion and ability to revive the legend of Queen that got Francesco Sedda, 52 years old, originally from Iglesias but transplanted to Ovodda, into trouble : the Court of Auditors sentenced him to pay the Ministry of Defense the sum of 18,487 euros.

Reason? In everyday life the singer is a chief sergeant of the Carabinieri, on duty in Sassari, and was not authorized to carry out that external professional activity , that is, to tread the stages and squares of half of Sardinia with his tribute band, "Queen in Rock".

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