The appeal of the defense was accepted, with referral for a new examination. boss di camorra, Gaetano Little aged 64, against the 41bis to which he has been subjected since 2007 and the 'hard prison' measure was renewed at the end of 2022 by the Keeper of the Seals.
She decided it First Criminal Section of the Court of Cassation – at the end of yesterday's council chamber – which has yet to file the reasons for its verdict. The case will now have to be re-evaluated by the Supervisory Court of Rome, following the acceptance of the appeal of Piccolo's lawyer, thelawyer Mariano Omarto which highlighted two judicial provisions, in his opinion, in support of the revocation of 41bis.
The first is the confiscation decree issued by the Prevention Measures Section of the Court of Santa Maria Capua Vetere against the relatives of Luigi Trombetta, another apical element of the 'Belforte' – clan of Piccolo's belonging – in which it was underlined that the “the clan is dissolved and no longer exists even at the level of manual labor.”
Conclusion also shared by the Eighth Section of the Court of Appeal of Napoli, with a provision also attached to the appeal to the Supreme Court for the revocation of Piccolo's 41bis. Both rulings of the judges of merit repeated the many sentences against bosses and followers of the 'Belforte' in which it is stated that the clan is now disorganized.
Pending the re-evaluation of his request, Piccolo will continue to remain in 41bis. Supreme Court normally it has about a month to file the reasons for its decisions and the Surveillance Court of Rome, in a different composition, will have to take into account the indications of the 'ermellini'.
Article published on March 1, 2023 - 17pm
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