Three convictions and two acquittals: this is the conclusion of the trial before Judge Carotenuto for the death of Raffaele Venditti, the 47-year-old worker from San Cipriano d'Aversa who died in March 2010, electrocuted while working inside the Villa Literno cemetery. The judge sentenced Villa Literno businessman Pasquale Mastrominico to five years; engineer Luciano Pianese of San Marcellino to one year and six months; Vincenzo Schiavone of Casal di Principe to two years and two months; and acquitted the other two defendants, Giuseppe Maria Nolè of Aversa and Antonio Fabozzi of Villa Literno.
The trial began following the death of Venditti, who was working on the expansion of the cemetery niches in Villa Literno: the worker was electrocuted by a high-voltage electrical discharge. There was nothing that could be done for him. The investigations carried out by the Public Prosecutor's Office made it possible to ascertain that the worker had been hired illegally and that there were no necessary "requirements" to guarantee his safety; but that the entrepreneur Mastrominico, together with the doctor Schiavone, had falsified the medical records relating to other workers for routine checks: a fact that emerged from the complaint of the doctor who was charged with the checks. For this reason Schiavone and Mastrominico were also convicted of forgery.
Judge Carotenuto also ordered damages in favor of the civil parties and an immediately enforceable provisional amount of 50 thousand euros in favor of the heirs of the deceased worker. The defense team included lawyers Mario Griffo, Vittorio Giaquinto, Luca Tornatora, Massimo D'Errico, Picca and Nicola Ucciero. The civil parties were represented by Rossella Calabritto and Goffredo Grasso.
Gustavo Gentile
EDITORIAL TEAM
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