Willy, the mother: “My son with us today gives us strength to face the hearing”

“My son is present with us today and gives us the strength to face the hearing.” This was stated by Willy Monteiro Duarte’s mother at the entrance to the Frosinone Court for the first hearing in the trial for the murder of the 21-year-old of Cape Verdean origins who died the night between 5 and 6 September last to defend a friend. With her hair tied up and a chain around her neck with her son’s smiling face, she adds: “What do I feel? Sadness, only sadness”. Today, in the courtroom, for the first time Willy’s parents and sister will come face to face with the defendants, the brothers Marco and Gabriele Bianchi, Mario Pincarelli and Francesco Belleggia accused of voluntary murder aggravated by futile reasons. “We believe in justice and let it take its course,” added Armando Monteiro, Willy’s dad.