The Grosseto court of assizes has sentenced Alessandro Boccagna, 14, to 3 years and 55 months in prison, accused of manslaughter for killing Ivo Tamantini, 23, with blows from a hoe on July 2020, 77, in the countryside around Grosseto. Tamantini died about a month later due to the wounds he suffered.
The attack originated from a neighborhood dispute. A provisional sum of 50 thousand euros was also ordered for Tamantini's wife and two daughters. The prosecutor Salvatore Ferraro had requested a sentence of 15 years.
The convicted man, Boccagna, has consistently maintained that he was attacked with a hoe by Tamantini and that he reacted in self-defense, without wanting to kill him. The reasons for the sentence will be communicated within 90 days.
According to the reconstruction, Alessandro Boccagna, 56 years old, originally from marcianise (Caserta) and former soldier of the Savoia Cavalleria, after an argument that took place on the road of the vegetable gardens in the area of via Orcagna in Grosseto, repeatedly hit with a hoe a 77-year-old man, Ivo Tamantini, who died a few days later.
Tamantini was promptly rescued and transported by helicopter to Scotte di Siena. After a month, due to the injuries he had suffered, the man died from a very serious head injury. In particular, the elderly man fell and hit his head, suffering a cerebral hemorrhage that proved fatal.
It all started with an argument over a “passo,” a passage in front of the two men’s houses that led to the gardens. Although Tamantini had the right to pass, Boccagna apparently did not agree.
On the morning of July 23, 2020, the argument turned into tragedy. The police seized the hoe, which was broken in half. Also crucial were the images from the video surveillance installed right outside the house of the man later charged with murder.
The prosecutor had charged Boccagna with manslaughter, aggravated by the futile reasons and the fact that the victim had no possibility of defending himself. He was also charged with the crime of private violence, since that morning, by hitting the 77-year-old with the hoe, the defendant was preventing him from entering his property.
It was found that the victim had the right to do so and had argued several times about that move to the gardens.
Article published on March 6, 2024 - 21pm
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