We will have to wait until November 13th next for the first instance ruling in the trial on the alleged vote swapping in Scafaticalled “Sarastra”. The hearing is being held in front of the judges of the first criminal college of the Court of Nocera Inferiore. The investigation began almost ten years ago and is now moving towards its conclusion with the expected verdict.
In the last hearings, the lawyers’ final arguments followed one another, culminating in the reply of the DDA public prosecutor, Rocco Alfanowhich had filed motions for significant sentences for all defendants before the summer. The penalty requests are around 38 years of prison in total, with peaks of 6 years and 8 months for the mayor of Scafati, Pasquale Alibertiand 6 years and 3 months for his brother, the entrepreneur Nello Aliberti. Per Monica Paolinoformer regional councilor of Forza Italia and wife of the mayor of Scafata, e Giovanni Cozzolinoformer municipal staffer, the prosecution has made a request for 5 years and 4 months.
Yesterday’s discussion featured the defense lawyers of Pasquale and Nello Aliberti. Silverio Sicaof the mayor, expressed strong reservations about the credibility of the witnesses who accused his client. «In many years of practicing law, I have never witnessed a trial where, among those accusing, we saw too many people with political interests against Aliberti appear in the courtroom”, declared Sica, underlining that the statements of the witnesses often contradict what was declared in the official documents. «There is talk of an alleged pact with the clans. This is true, but my client was not the initiator», he added, pointing out that these alliances were managed by other figures, quoting Luigi Ridosso and not only that.
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