Murder Chiara Gualzetti, the father: “Killed by a coward, appeal confirms the sentence”

Justice is the warm voice of a father who does not ask for revenge or preach hatred but demands that the sentence imposed by the juvenile court be respected. Vincenzo Gualzetti, 54, is Chiara’s father who was killed at the age of 15 by a friend, a boy she hugged before being stabbed in the back on June 27, 2021 in the hills of Monteveglio, just outside Bologna. Sentenced, with an abbreviated sentence, to 16 years and four months, he is locked up in the Pratello prison while the second degree trial is approaching and the defense could ask for a new expert opinion and a reduction of the sentence. “I expect the appeal process to confirm the sentence of July 26, which was exemplary, unprecedented, the maximum sentence set forth today in Italy for a minor,” explains father Vincenzo to Adnkronos. “Five experts said that he is capable of understanding and willing, that he killed in full conscience.” In his confession to the carabinieri there is a sentence that echoes in my head ‘I remember that he did not want to die, I did not think that the human body was so resistant ‘. Words that my head translates into images, as if they were raw, violent photos of what he did to her. I have the feeling that he killed Chiara simply to understand what it feels like, no voice told him to do it. If it is to be treated, experts will establish it, but the treatment must not be at the expense of the penalty “underlines those who have lost their only daughter and are now fighting for her to be remembered. Care and respect invoked by the mother of the confessed murderer to whom Vincenzo he prefers not to reply, brandishing as “provocation” the statements of a woman who never apologized, who was able to attend the trial of her son while Chiara’s parents were left at the door. “With my lawyer Giovanni Annunziata – says Gualzetti – we have submitted to the Justice Commission a proposal for an amendment so that the mandatory nature of the mitigation of the minor is subject to a balancing judgment left to the discretion of the judge, who must be given the power to apply, in serious cases such as premeditated killings, a higher penalty and the impossibility of requesting the abbreviated procedure. Being able to achieve this would mean that Chiara did not die in vain, failing to do so would be a really heavy disappointment. “Almost 15 months after the crime, there is no path to repentance, indeed a photo taken in prison and then ended up on social networks shows it while with one hand he makes the sign of victory. ”That image reveals how he is still prone to breaking the rules. They show a socially dangerous person, a pathological narcissist, and I’m scared when he goes out for those around him. I would ask him ‘why?’, Why take a knife and do what he did … kill her, hitting her in the back like a coward, kick her in the face, use all that wickedness. “Yet Chiara lives, continues to receive the affection of a community that does not want to forget and stays next to mum Giusy and dad Vincenzo who do their best to resist the pain and work to transform the house intended for their daughter into a structure to help victims of gender violence and dream of creation of an association against youth bullying. “With a company in the area, I am also working to ensure that when a parent buys a mobile phone and a sim for their younger child, software is installed that launches an alert if it finds chats with compromising words or yes attempts to access prohibited sites. It helps to avoid dangers and bad company “, concludes Vincenzo Gualzetti, with Giusy forever Chiara’s parents.