A sensational reversal of the sentence and a maximum increase in the penalty: Vincenzo Lo Presto he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of his wife Fortuna Bellisario
According to the second degree judges it was voluntary homicide and not unintentional. The IV section of the Court of Assizes of Appeal of Naples he sentenced to 30 years in prison Vincenzo Lo Presto, 43, husband of Fortuna Bellisario, killed in Naples on March 7, 2019, according to the prosecution due to the consequences triggered by the blows inflicted with a crutch by her husband, after yet another argument over jealousy.
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The Deputy Attorney General Mary Of Addea, in the hearing of last July 13, had asked for life imprisonment. In the first instance Lo Presto was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for Pre-Intentional Murder. The Prosecutor's Office subsequently decided to toughen the criminal hypothesis in voluntary homicide, today recognized as existing by the second-instance judges.
The decision came after the speech of theLawyer Sergio Simpatico, Lo Presto's lawyer (who had requested the abbreviated procedure, ed.) who, during the discussion, among other things, pointed the finger at the “gross violation of the right to defense” of which his client, afflicted by serious health problems, was allegedly the victim.
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The defendant was connected by video conference from prison. The reasons will be given within 90 days. Present in the courtroom and visibly moved was Fortuna's twin sister, Rita Bellisario.
Lawyer Simpatico announced the appeal to the Supreme Court. The civil party lawyers are satisfied: the professor and Lawyer Elio Palombi, representing Patricia Manzo, mother of Fortuna, theLawyer Manuela Palombi, legal Rita Bellisario, sister of the victim;Lawyer Marco Muggione, representing Salvatore Bellisario, father of Fortune, theLawyer Rosario Cristiano, appointed by the guardian of the couple's three children and theLawyer Lucia Perruna, lawyer of Fortuna's brother.
Article published on 22 July 2021 - 14:43
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