After twenty-two years, a first-degree conviction has been handed down for the murder of Salvatore Lausi , known as “Pirulino,” killed by the Mazzarella clan because he was suspected of having stolen a large sum of money from the gang's coffers.
Following the summary trial, investigating judge Luca Rossetti of the Naples Court sentenced mafia bosses Michele Mazzarella and Salvatore Barile to thirty years in prison each. The decision follows the prosecution's line, which had requested the exact sentences ultimately handed down to the two defendants.
Both, Mazzarella and Barile, had asked to be tried with the abbreviated procedure, conditioned on the examination of the collaborator of justice Salvatore Giuliano, known as “'o Russo”, former boss of Forcella and main accuser.
However, in October the judge rejected Michele Mazzarella's request, which was judged with a "dry" abbreviated trial. The outcome was different for Barile, who hoped to overturn the circumstantial evidence thanks to the new evidence: an attempt that did not lead to the desired result.
Salvatore Lausi, killed in via Vergini on October 6, 2002, was supposedly eliminated for having stolen 100 million of the old lire intended for the clan's coffers. Michele Mazzarella, son of the boss Vincenzo, dissatisfied with Lausi's actions, allegedly ordered his cousin Salvatore Barile to kill him from prison.
Uncle Gennaro Mazzarella , known as “'o Schizzo”, initially arrested but later exonerated, is said to have organised the ambush, although this circumstance was subsequently denied by the defence's investigations.
The people who killed Lausi were Ciro Giovanni Spirito and Vincenzo De Bernardo, known as “Pisello” (both deceased)
The perpetrators were Ciro Giovanni Spirito , the only one to shoot, and Vincenzo De Bernardo , known as “Pisello” (both deceased), who acted during the raid in Via Vergini.
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