Naples. The case involving the guests of the “Casa Nonna Rosa” nursing home in Naples ended with seven convictions in the first instance.
The sentences, ranging between 3 and 3 years and 10 months of imprisonment, were issued by the sixth criminal section of the court of Naples against all the defendants for the crime of mistreatment.
They are Gennaro Postiglione, Rosa Mascetta, Grazia Rocco, Caterina Fornaro, Simona Cimmarosa, Marco Marzano and Aniello Robilotta.
The investigations, conducted by the Carabinieri and coordinated by the Naples Prosecutor's Office, had brought to light chilling scenes: threats, psychological violence, insults, even beatings and the administration of sedative drugs and boiling food as punishment. Among the victims, about 15 elderly people, including a woman over a hundred years old.
Threats to the elderly: “I’ll put my hands around your neck, I’ll kill you”
“I'll headbutt you in the mouth”, “I'll kill you, I'll break your fingers,” “I'll put my hands around your neck, I'll kill you”: the military personnel of the Carabinieri (coordinated by the prosecutor Barbara Aprea who represented the prosecution during the trial, and by the additional prosecutor Raffaello Falcone who instead coordinates the vulnerable groups section of the Naples prosecution) documented everything.
The first-degree convictions come at the end of a trial that lasted about a year, during which the prosecution, represented by the prosecutor Barbara Aprea and the deputy prosecutor Raffaello Falcone, documented the atrocities suffered by the elderly. guests of the facility.
In addition to the prison sentence, the judge ordered all defendants to be banned from holding public office for three years and to pay damages to be quantified separately. The psychologist who ran the center at the time is still under investigation.
The judge also ordered all of them to be banned from holding public office for three years and to pay damages to be quantified separately. The psychologist who ran the center is still under investigation.
The arrests issued by the investigating judge (in prison and under house arrest) date back to June 2023. The crime contested was continued and aggravated mistreatment in competition against the people entrusted to their care and supervision.
Article published on 10 July 2024 - 16:15
