Deaths from Covid in Sassari retirement home, two on trial

SASSARI, 26 APR – The two accused for the death from Covid of 22 elderly guests of the municipal retirement home, Casa Serena, in Sassari, killed by the virus in the first months of 2020, will be tried for multiple manslaughter and culpable epidemic. This morning the magistrate of the court of Sassari, Gian Paolo Piana, accepting the requests of the prosecutor, Paolo Piras, committed Francesca Maria Chessa, 61 years old, president of Coopas, the cooperative that managed the structure at the time of the events, and Marco Sannino, 49 years old. responsible for prevention and protection services. The defense lawyers, Liliana Pintus, Marco Manca and Luigi Esposito, had asked for acquittal. The Prosecutor’s Office accuses the two defendants of not having implemented all the necessary measures to prevent the virus from spreading among the guests and staff of the retirement home. At the trial, which will begin in July, the family members of some of the victims have appeared as civil parties, represented in the courtroom by the lawyers Paolo Spano, Antonio Meloni, Francesco Nurra Sini, Salvatore Dettori and Valentina Bianco. (HANDLE).