It ended with postponement to judgment Of 27 defendants the preliminary hearing of the trial “Public housing“. In 16, instead, they were acquitted and among these also theformer manager of Aterp of Reggio Calabria, Eugenia Rita Minicòaccused of external complicity in a mafia association and other crimes.
Against him and, against those of another acquitted defendant, Annunziato Tripodithe gup Vincenzo Quaranta revoked the precautionary measure that had been ordered by the investigating judge last February at the request of the Dda Of Reggio Calabria as part of an investigation into alleged wrongdoing in the management of the assignments of public housing by Aterp, the territorial company for public residential construction.
Apart from a corruption disputed in Eugenia Rita Minicò for which the preliminary hearing judge declared the statute of limitations, for all the other crimes for which she was investigated she was acquitted with the formula “because the fact does not exist“. Furthermore, the defendants withdraw from the trial Roberto Franco, Carmela Morabito, Domenico Morabito, Giovanni Marcianò, Paola Costantino, Domenico Alvaro, Carmelo Caminiti, Irina Kandyba, Annunziato Tripodi, Donatello Canzonieri, Orsola Di Lollo, Giovanni Palillo, Filippo Arabesco, Maddalena Anna Cuzzola and Debora Arabesco.
Among those indicted for trial is boss from the ‘ndrangheta, Carmelo Murinaaged 60, already detained for another reason, and the brother in law, Joseph AugustineOf 54, accused both of Association For crime Of mafia type. According to the Prosecutor’s Office and the Carabinieri who conducted the investigations, in fact, there would have been ‘ndrangheta behind the illegal market of the public housing which were assigned to people who were not entitled to it. Three municipal employees were also sent to trial, including Antonio Nucerain service in the Public Works sector of the Municipality of Reggio Calabriaaccused of external complicity.
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