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Marcello's Restaurant

Judge won't reopen pizza case

Owner lied about income from Commercial Drive pizzeria

Neal Hall, Vancouver Sun

Published: Saturday, August 04, 2007

VANCOUVER - A Commercial Drive restaurant owner's application to reopen his divorce case has been dismissed after an earlier trial resulted in the man being ordered to pay his ex-wife about $1.2 million, plus $14,368 per month in child support.

In a judgment released Friday, the judge found that Marcello Lombardo, who owns Marcello Pizzeria, repeatedly lied and misled the court about his income -- he now admits the pizzeria had sales of $2 million last year.

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