He still has 10 years in prison to serve and other important trials are underway
ROME – The Court of Cassation annulled the provision extending the “hard prison” expected from 41-BIS issued by the Minister of Justice against the 54-year-old boss of the ‘ndrangheta of Corigliano-Rossano and Sibaritide Philip Solimando (photo), detained since February 2015, first in the Opera prison in Milan and now in the Cuneo penitentiary. However, they will have to speak out (for a second time) the judges of the Supervisory Court of Rome.
Solimando he is serving a 20-year prison sentence for mafia association and intercontinental drug traffickingdeveloped as part of the maxi-investigation called “Gentlemen”, conducted by the magistrates of the Anti-Mafia District Directorate of Catanzaro.
Shortly after his arrest 9 years ago, the 41-year special prison regime was applied to the boss.BIS of the law on the penitentiary system, to prevent him from continuing to maintain ‘Ndrangheta relations from prison.
The drastic measurewhich is ordered by the Minister of Justice at the request of the anti-mafia magistrates, has an initial duration of 4 years, extendable with subsequent measures lasting 2 years each.
After the first 4 years, two extensions had been issued for Solimandoin 2021 and 2023.
The boss appealed against the latest extension to the Supervisory Court of Rome, which rejected it.
Decision challenged in the Supreme Court, whose judges, last Friday, fully accepted the appeal presented by his defender, the lawyer Pasquale Di Iacovo, canceling it with referral to the same Supervisory Court of Rome for a new examination of the appeal.
The lawyer Di Iacovo
Solimando, therefore, in the near future, could see the 41-year prison regime revoked.BIS. She still has 10 years to serve in prison and has other important trials underway. [email protected]
