Castellammare – Catello Martino, 53, boss of the Moscarella district nicknamed “'o puparuolo”, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Alfonso Fontana, 24, scion of the well-known “Fasano” dell'Acqua della Madonna family, which occurred on February 7 of last year.
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The first-instance verdict came one year after the ambush, which took place a few steps away from the Torre Annunziata courthouse, under the eyes of numerous witnesses and filmed by surveillance cameras.
The ambush and the investigations
Fontana was killed by gunshots in Corso Umberto I. The images of a video, in particular, show the killer attacking the victim already on the ground. The investigations of the police of the investigative unit of Torre Annunziata, coordinated by Dda, they reconstructed the motive: revenge for a theft committed at Martino's daughter's house, where money and valuables were kept.
Theft and Revenge
According to the investigators, Fontana he allegedly participated in the theft, which occurred at the beginning of February in via Petraro, on the border between Castellammare di Stabia and Santa Maria la Carità. Martino, linked to the Imparato clan and close to the D'Alessandro clan, allegedly identified Fontana thanks to the images from a surveillance camera of a commercial establishment.
After several meetings to return the stolen goods, Martino allegedly ambushed Fontana at the highway exit, killing him with gunshots and then attacking his body before escaping in the company of an accomplice, who has not yet been identified.
The funeral show of the scion of the “Fasano”
After the murder there were moments of tension with the victim's family members who swore revenge and then gave birth to a funeral show outside the Castellammare cemetery in via Napoli despite the police order, with music, banners and balloons
Article published on March 6, 2025 - 05pm
It's strange how certain events can happen in broad daylight and with witnesses, but perhaps justice doesn't always work as it should. I wonder if there will be further developments in this story or if everything will remain as it is.