The request for referral to trial has been drawn up with a simultaneous notice of setting of the preliminary hearing relating to a large segment of the proceedings against the Contini clan, involving as many as 94 defendants.It might interest you
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The preliminary hearing judge assigned to the proceedings is Dr. Maria Luisa Ciollaro, who set the start date for May 13, 2021 in the bunker courtroom of the Poggioreale prison due to the significant number of people subjected to the proceedings.
With respect to Maria Licciardi, who was included in the list of the ten most dangerous women, there is a decisive and sensational piece of news in favor of the boss in a skirt.
The line of defense drawn by the lawyer Dario Vannetiello, which had already found support in the judges of the Court of Appeal of Naples, ended up convincing the district anti-mafia directorate as well.
In fact, the public prosecution has abandoned the initial accusatory hypothesis that placed Maria Licciardi at the top of the criminal gang and that saw her as a competitor in extortion crimes, and has now reached the point of no longer raising any charges.
It is undeniable that the factual and legal arguments presented by criminal lawyer Vannetiello—who will not take on any new professional roles in the future except in cassation proceedings—have produced an unusual result already at the conclusion of the investigation, thanks to the acknowledgement by authoritative public prosecutors of the validity of all the defense's arguments.
The case of Maria Licciardi—who had already been convicted twice for being at the top of the infamous Camorra gang—is undoubtedly an exceptional case in judicial history, both because the precautionary custody order was overturned by the Court of Review while she was a fugitive, and because she emerged victorious from the investigation in record time, despite her criminal record and the very serious initial charges.
