Avellino
by Paola Iandolo
After the filing of the reasons (made on 16 May), the ten days available to the defense of the former Party – the lawyers Concetta Mari and Luigi Petrillo – to challenge the rejection order pronounced by the Court of Review of Naples expire on Monday, with the which the measure of house arrest was confirmed.
Alarming behavior from the former mayor
The judges of the VIII section who confirmed the precautionary measure for the former mayor Festa – signed by the investigating judge Giulio Argenio to avoid the risk of repetition of the crime of misdirection and evidence pollution – also outlined the personality of the former mayor of Avellino. They saw “alarming behaviour”. And again highlighted is the “extremely negative evaluation of Gianluca Festa’s personality as emerges from the interceptions from his behavior with respect to the investigations, from the tones used during the interrogation of guarantee – which did not highlight any sign of critical review of his conduct – requires to make a positive prognosis regarding the commission of further crimes, therefore the panel concludes, no less afflictive measure requested by the defender can be effective in deterring or preventing similar attitudes”.
Rigged competition: Festa’s lies
“I sent him a package… it wasn’t the questions from the competition for traffic policemen in Avellino, but rather questions downloaded from the internet and relating to a competition held in Brindisi for traffic policemen”. This is the mendacious version provided by the former mayor Gianluca Festa, during the interrogation before the investigating judge Giulio Argenio and immediately denied by further investigations by the carabinieri. The investigators have ascertained the correspondence between the material received and photographed by the suspect Davide Mazza (candidate in the competition for traffic police announced by the municipality of Avellino) on 13 December 2023 and that relating to the tests carried out the following day at Palazzo di Città.
