The Court of Cassation, with a controversial ruling, has annulled the 7 life sentences handed down for what has gone down in the history of the crime news of Naples as “the backpack murder.”
That is, that of Luigi Mignano killed on April 9, 2019 in San Giovanni a Teduccio while accompanying his grandson to school, who miraculously remained unharmed.
In particular, the Court of Cassation has annulled the first-instance sentence that had condemned seven people to life imprisonment. Salvatore Autiero, nicknamed "'the wise man', e Umberto Longo, the aggravating circumstance of premeditation was excluded.
For the other defendants, Ciro Rosario Terracciano, Gennaro Improta, Pasquale Ariosto, Giovanni Musella and Giovanni Salomone, The Court annulled the sentence only with respect to the increases in sentence provided for the continuation.
In practice, the sentences given to these five defendants will have to be recalculated, but it is possible that they may obtain a "discount"According to the prosecution, the instigators of the murder were Umberto D'Amico, today repentant and sentenced to 15 years, and Luongo.
The actual killer was Terracciano, led to the scene of the ambush by Pasquale Ariosto.
Autiero allegedly provided support to the hitman and the scooter driver by making his vehicle available. Salomone allegedly procured the weapon to be used and guarded the territory during the execution phase of the crime.
Improta and Musella would have finally helped the killer and the driver of the commando to escape, destroying the vehicle used for the raid. The murder of Luigi Mignano, which occurred on April 9, 2019, was an act of Camorra that shocked public opinion.
Mignano was killed while accompanying his three-year-old nephew to school.
The investigation led to the arrest of seven people, all linked to the Mazzarella clanThe first-instance verdict, which had sentenced all the defendants to life imprisonment, was appealed by the defense. The Court of Cassation, accepting the defense's requests, annulled the verdict and sent the trial back to a new panel of judges.
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Article published on 16 December 2023 - 08:05
