Biblioteca dei Girolamini: former senator Dell'Utri acquitted in Naples. He was accused of complicity in embezzlement for the appropriation of 13 books.
The first criminal section of the Court of Naples (president Pellecchia) has acquitted – with the formula 'the fact does not exist' – the former Forza Italia senator Marcello Dell'Utri, accused of complicity in embezzlement in relation to the appropriation of 13 volumes stolen from the Biblioteca dei Girolamini in Naples. The Neapolitan investigators had requested a seven-year prison sentence for Dell'Utri.
The books in question were delivered to Dell'Utri by the former director of the library Massimo Marino De Caro. "We are very satisfied," declared the lawyers Francesco Centonze and Claudio Botti, the former senator's lawyers, "because we were able to demonstrate that Dell'Utri had nothing to do with the appointment of De Caro as director. The former senator was not aware of the provenance of those books donated by De Caro." The investigation, which began in Naples, also had repercussions in Milan, with the seizure of 40 volumes from the former senator, later returned after the case against him was shelved.
An investigation that has ascertained the legitimate ownership of those volumes by Dell'Utri. The Neapolitan investigation originates from the statements made by the director of the Biblioteca dei Girolamini, De Caro, who reported having delivered six books to the former senator. Reached by the judicial police, Dell'Utri delivered the six books plus another seven that he had catalogued as a gift from Massimo Marino De Caro.
Article published on 19 January 2021 - 16:44
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