The Supreme Court of Cassation - I Criminal Section, despite the contrary conclusions of the Attorney General, accepting the legal reasons indicated by the lawyers Dario Vannetiello and Luigi Senese, has annulled the sentence of conviction issued by the Neapolitan Judges on 8 September 2021 relating to a sad story that matured in the context of the Camorra war.
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Unfortunately, the person who ended up under fire was an innocent man, Landieri Antonio, and 5 other people were seriously injured: Mangiacapra Antonio, Engheben Salvatore, Mangiacapra Mauro, Trombetta Vincenzo and De Rosa Giovanni.
Antonio Landieri was born in the Neapolitan neighborhood of Scampia. Due to complications from childbirth, he had been struck by paralysis which would cause him numerous motor difficulties.
The Camorra Massacre of the “Sette Palazzi” in Scampia
On November 6, 2004, he died, an innocent victim of the Camorra, with two bullets in the back, in an ambush in the “Sette Palazzi” district during the first Scampia feud.
He and his five friends were mistaken for a group of drug dealers from the neighborhood.
His companions were all wounded in the legs, while Antonio Landieri, due to his mobility difficulties, was the only one who could not escape and for this reason he was reached by the hitmen.
Numerous collaborators of justice, including the material executor, explained the reasons for the armed expedition that ended in tragedy. Nocturne Gennaro.
The murder of a innocent The 5 attempted murders were considered by the judges of merit to be extremely serious crimes and did not allow Davide Francescone, a member of the commando, to avoid life imprisonment, despite the confession he made in the second degree trial.
The dramatic turn of events took place before the Capitoline judges.
Only thanks to a technicality relating to the aggravating circumstance of recidivism, illustrated in court by the lawyer Dario Vannetiello and extensively developed in a written document, the Supreme Court annulled the conviction sentence limited to the aggravating circumstance of recidivism, ordering a new trial to be held in another section of the Court of Assizes of Appeal of Naples, which will have to redetermine the sanctioning treatment, with the consequent exclusion of the life sentence inflicted in both the first and second instance.
Life sentence for Ciro Caiazza and Giovanni Esposito
While all other appeals have been declared inadmissible, with the effect that the life sentence for Caiazza Ciro and Esposito Giovanni has become irrevocable, while 15 years and 4 months have been definitively imposed on cdg Riccio Pasquale (15 years and 4 months).
Article published on 8 February 2023 - 22:18
