Case Cucchi, the pg in the appeal bis asks for 3 years and 8 months for Mandolini and absolution for Tedesco

Confirm the first degree sentence of three years and eight months for Marshal Roberto Mandolini, commander of the Appia station at the time, and acquit the carabiniere Francesco Tedesco, the soldier who with his statements reopened the investigation into the case of Stefano Cucchi, because “the fact does not constitute a crime”. These are the requests of the Attorney General of Rome Roberto Cavallone in the bis Appeal trial which opened this morning before the Court of Assizes of Appeal of Rome after the Cassation on April 4 ordered a new second degree trial. in the context of the hearing with which the 12-year sentence in prison for the carabinieri Alessio Di Bernardo and Raffaele D’Alessandro accused of manslaughter was finalized. Both Mandolini and Tedesco are accused of the crime of forgery. In Appello Mandolini had been sentenced to four years and Tedesco to two and a half years. “Two carabinieri from the Roma Appia station have been declared responsible for the death of Stefano Cucchi, with a sentence that has become final, as a result of the injuries practiced. There is no trace of these injuries in the arrest report. Precisely by virtue of this silence – underlined the attorney general during the indictment – the agents of the prison police have undergone a long and unfair trial.The trial of the prison police officers and the trial of the officers of the Arma occurred as a result of the omissions of the arrest report. In those 42 lines of the arrest report, evil is hidden, the banality of evil “. “If what happened in the photo-signaling room in that arrest report had been mentioned, Stefano Cucchi would not have died. The lives of many other people, starting with his family members, would have been different – said the pg Cavallone – Mandolini could not have foreseen that Stefano Cucchi would have died but that could be a big problem yes. And that he was aware of what had happened, Tedesco said in his testimony. Mandolini was aware in the immediacy of the gravity of what had happened “. At the end of the indictment, the Attorney General asked for confirmation of the first degree sentence for Mandolini and acquittal for Tedesco because “there is no existence of willful misconduct”. “If Tedesco were to be acquitted we will make a reason while we will not make a reason if Mandolini gets away with it. In recent years, the prosecutor of Rome, with the magistrates Giovanni Musarò and Michele Prestipino, has reconstructed every step by putting everything in line”, said Ilaria Cucchi’s lawyer, the lawyer Fabio Anselmo, in his speech at the hearing of the appeal bis. “I couldn’t help but think about where we were many years ago and how much things have changed. For me also today was an extremely important moment, a moment of great justice, but I believe I must also say of great humanity ”, Ilaria Cucchi told Adnkronos at the end of the hearing. The prescription is pending shortly on the allegations of forgery. “For me it is enough that they take off his uniform”, commented the lawyer Anselmo, referring to Mandolini. “As for the request for acquittal for Tedesco, I asked for confirmation of the sentence but I have a lot of respect for what the Attorney General said”. After the hearing this morning where the Attorney General and the civil parties took the floor, other hearings have been set where the defenses will speak and the sentence is expected by July.