A re-trial of the Maurizio Gucci murder case, the Florentine fashion house heir who was apparently killed by his estranged wife Patrizia Reggiani, has been demanded by an Italian court.

Reggiani was found guilty in 1998 of ordering the murder of her estranged husband, although she has never confessed to her charges and denies the commissioning of the murder.

Maurizio Gucci, grandson of the founder of the family business empire, was gunned down in a gangland-style shooting outside his Milan office in March 1995.