NAPLES – The former mayor of Villa Literno and former regional councilor of the PD, Enrico Fabozzi, has been acquitted for the second time on charges of external competition with the Camorra: the sentence was pronounced by the first section of the Court of Appeal of Naples, after the Cassation, in September 2022, had annulled with referral the previous acquittal established in 2021.
The panel of judges, presided over by Edoardo De Gregorio, declared the statute of limitations for two counts and acquitted Fabozzi for two other charges, deeming that the “fact does not exist”. The decision therefore confirms the verdict issued in the first appeal trial. Also acquitted again were the entrepreneurs Giuseppe and Pasquale Mastrominico, the former municipal councilor of Villa Literno Nicola Caiazzo and three other defendants.
Fabozzi, mayor of Villa Literno from 2003 to 2009, was arrested in 2011 while serving as regional councilor in the Mixed group, after being suspended from the Democratic Party. In 2015, the court of Santa Maria Capua Vetere sentenced him to 10 years in prison, but in 2021 the Court of Appeal fully acquitted him.
The Court of Cassation then requested a new examination of the statements of some collaborators of justice, in particular those of Nicola Schiavone, eldest son of the Casalesi boss Francesco Schiavone, known as “Sandokan”. However, the appeal judges held that these testimonies were not sufficient to prove the guilt of the former mayor.
Article published on March 19, 2025 - 10pm
It is interesting to see how justice worked in this case, even though there has been much discussion on this topic. I hope that people can better understand the complexities of the situation and not judge too quickly.