A dramatic turn of events took place yesterday morning in the appeals trial, once again involving leaders and associates of the Silenzio clan of San Giovanni a Teduccio: boss Francesco Silenzio, acquitted in the first instance, was found guilty of the murder of Annamaria Palmieri, known as "Nino D'Angelo," who was killed in the Bronx in 2018.
Despite the conviction, the punishment for the boss of the eastern area of Naples has not changed: 20 years of imprisonment, thanks to the abbreviated procedure chosen previously and the absence of the aggravating circumstance for futile and abject reasons. The Court confirmed the previous verdict, with some agreed modifications.
On November 18, 2022, Judge Fabio Lombardo acquitted Francesco Silenzio of the charge of murdering Annamaria Palmieri, a relative and former ally who later became his bitter enemy due to her loyalty to the Formicola clan.
The accusation was based on the revelations of the collaborator of justice Antonio Costabile, known as “'o cerrano”, who had shed light on the ambush in which the woman lost her life after having helped Assunta Formicola, Silenzio's ex-wife, in a private matter.
However, the judge found the prosecution's reconstruction unconvincing and accepted the defense's arguments, based in part on ballistics expertise, which refuted the statements of Costabile and seven other informants. For this reason, Silenzio was acquitted in the first instance of the murder charge, because "the fact was not proven." However, yesterday the situation changed with the new conviction.
In the first instance, Francesco Silenzio had already received a 20-year sentence for criminal association (as leader and promoter) and drug trafficking.
The sentences confirmed
- Sergio Acampora: 10 years
- Antonio Costabile: collaborator of justice
- Pasqualina Di Leo: acquitted
- Ferdinando Di Pede: 10 years
- Tobia Esposito: 6 years
- Mariglen Lazri: 12 years old
- Vincenzo Marigliano: 12 years
- Salvatore Mauro: 2 years and 8 months
- Antonio Morra: 12 years old
- Demetrio Morra: 12 years old
- Luigi Pagano: 6 years
- Raffaele Pane: 6 years
- Salvatore Prisco: 10 years
- Giovanni Ranavolo: 12 years old
- Claudia Rizzo: 6 years old
- Alfonso Silence: 18 years old
- Chiara Silence: 8 years
- Francesco Pio Silenzio: acquitted
- Francesco Silenzio: 20 years
- Leandro Silenzio: acquitted
- Peaceful Silence: 18 years
- Salvatore Silenzio: 9 years and 4 months
- Vincenzo Silenzio: 12 years
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