Desiree Mariottini: the stages from murder to sentence

Desiree Mariottini, in the aftermath of the sentence for the murder of the 16-year-old in 2018, here are all the stages of the story – with dates and facts, on the killing, the trial and the verdict to date. Read also October 18-19, 2018: during the night, Desiree’s lifeless body, abandoned on a cot with a blanket on it, is found inside the abandoned building in via dei Lucani, in San Lorenzo, Rome. A story of drugs, fragility and decay, which leaves the Romans dismayed. 25 October 2018: the policemen of the mobile squad of Rome and of the San Lorenzo police station stop two Senegalese, illegal in Italy: Mamadou Gara and Brian Minthe. The two are held responsible, together with two other wanted people, for group sexual violence, the sale of drugs and voluntary homicide. The other two arrests are triggered in the following hours: Alinno Chima, 47, and Yusef Salia end up in handcuffs. Meanwhile, the outlines of the story are beginning to be outlined. The 16-year-old allegedly remained unconscious for several hours before dying: the girl was given drugs on the 18th afternoon and was abused while she was unconscious. November 13, 2018: The Review Court drops the murder charge for Alinno Chima: according to the judge, the man raped Desiree but would not give her the drug. April 15, 2019: the murder charge returns for Chima. For the Nigerian, the new precautionary measure comes after the results of the DNA test carried out on the 16-year-old’s body and on a series of findings. The man’s DNA was found on a bottle of methadone and on a straw also used by Desiree to smoke crack. June 21, 2019: the Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office closes the investigations, conducted by the agents of the Mobile Squad and coordinated by the deputy prosecutor Maria Monteleone and by the prosecutor Stefano Pizza. Alinno Chima, Mamadou Gara, known as Paco, the Ghanaian Yusef Salia and the 43-year-old Senegalese Brian Minthe are accused of complicity in voluntary murder, group sexual violence and the transfer and administration of drugs to a minor. 8 October 2019: at the preliminary hearing, the civil action of the Municipality of Rome, the Lazio Region, Telefono Rosa and the associations ‘Together with Marianna’ and ‘Dont’t worry- We can Onlus’ are formed. In an evidentiary incident, a witness reports that the defendants prevented them from calling for help to help the girl. The witness, who was inside the building in via dei Lucani, was called to confirm with an unrepeatable preliminary deed what had already been said in the course of the investigations to investigators and investigators, namely that he wanted to call the ambulance but was prevented by the suspects. October 21, 2019: just over a year after the death of the 16-year-old, the gup of Rome Clementina Forleo sends the 4 African citizens to trial: according to the accusation they abused the girl in turn after making her take a mix of drugs that caused her resulted in death. 4 December 2019: the trial for the murder of Desiree Mariottini opens. In the courtroom, Yusef Salia takes the floor: “I am not responsible for the death of this girl, I ask forgiveness and excuse from the mother and family and respect their pain” he says announcing that he will withdraw the complaint filed against the 16-year-old’s parents for failure to supervise the young woman . January 15, 2020: the Third Court of Assizes decides to continue the trial that takes place in the Rebibbia bunker classroom behind closed doors: a choice linked to the minor age of the victim and the type of crimes charged to the accused. January 27, 2020: the Supreme Court confirms the prison for Alinno Chima, also in light of “the results of the technical investigations on biological samples” from which the “evidence of the administration of drugs to the victim by the suspect emerged, especially as regards methadone, the overdose of which was identified by the consultants as the probable cause of the girl’s death “. In the courtroom, meanwhile, Gianluca Zuncheddu, Desiree’s father, speaks: “I tried to save her but I couldn’t do anything,” he says in tears. November 14, 2020: from the Rebibbia bunker room, the trial moves to the crime scene, with an inspection by prosecutors and lawyers, which lasted over two hours, in the abandoned building in via dei Lucani, where Desiree died. In turn, wearing a mask and gloves for the anti-contagion rules, prosecutors, judges, civil party lawyers, defenses and the agents of the State Police who have handled the investigations visit the interior of the building, under seizure for two years, to observe the places where the facts occurred and be able to compare them with what was declared by the witnesses. December 14, 2020: the deputy prosecutor Maria Monteleone and the prosecutor Stefano Pizza ask for life imprisonment for all four defendants with daytime solitary confinement for one year. The acquittal for Gara was requested only from the charges of drug transfer and induction into prostitution. Thus we arrive at the sentence pronounced this evening. June 19, 2021: The sentence came almost three years after the facts. Two life sentences and two other sentences of 27 years and 24 and a half years: this is what the judges of the Third Court of Assizes of Rome decided in the sentence. Mamadou Gara and Yusef Salia sentenced to life in prison. Sentenced to 24 and a half years Brian Minthe (who however returns free due to the expiry of the terms of custody), to 27 years Alinno Chima. The charges against them range, depending on the position, from voluntary murder, aggravated sexual violence and the transfer of drugs to minors. June 20, 2021 – The day after the sentence changes the picture of Brian Minthe, who does not leave prison. The man is reached by a new measure requested and obtained by the Rome prosecutor for the murder charge.