(ANSA) – ROME, 07 JUL – The Attorney General of Rome has asked to confirm, as part of the appeal process, the convictions for the defendants involved in the story of the collapse of two public housing blocks in Amatrice, which caused 19 victims , following the earthquake of 24 August 2016. At the end of his indictment, the pg Francesco Mollace asked to reiterate the nine years of imprisonment inflicted on Ottaviano Boni, at the time technical director of the construction company Sogeap, seven years for Corrado Tilesi, former councilor of the Municipality of Amatrice and five years to Maurizio Scacchi, surveyor of the Lazio Region-Civil Engineers. For Luigi Serafini, the Court of Appeal ordered the removal of the position, postponing the hearing on September 22, to ascertain his health conditions while the fifth accused, Franco Aleandri, then president of the IACP, has in the meantime died. . The Attorney General disputes the crimes of multiple manslaughter, negligent collapse, disaster and injuries. The court had sentenced all the defendants and civilian responsible (Ater, the Lazio Region and the Municipality of Amatrice) to compensation for damages in favor of the civil parties to be quantified in civil proceedings.
“We are satisfied with the requests of the Deputy Attorney General Francesco Mollace – said the lawyer Wania Della Vigna, a lawyer who represents forty civil parties in the proceeding – who opened his indictment with the image of the collapses, of the dead of Amatrice: images of pain, of death. The pg reiterated that respect for the dead must be done with absolute rigor in the analysis of the trial papers “. The trial has been updated to next 22 September. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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