Francesco Putortì remains in prison. Indefinitely. Like a criminal, like a dangerous ‘Ndrangheta member, he who is a respectable person and who on the morning of Monday 27 May found himself two thieves inside the house in the hamlet of Olive grove, in Reggio Calabria, and defended himself from their aggression. One of the two died after about 40 minutes, abandoned by his accomplices in the Morelli hospital car park, the other was injured. The causes of death are not yet known. There was a fight in the house between the thieves who attacked PutortiAnd Putorti who defended himself with a simple kitchen knife, but the thieves escaped and ran for 800 meters to reach their accomplices in the car.
Putorti, 48 years old, married with an 18-year-old son, has been in prison since the following day due to the controversial choice of the Court which considered that he could cancel the evidence, escape by going on the run and even repeat the crime. He, who before this affair had never even been touched by any type of investigation, has a totally clean criminal record, and is a good person.
This morning, in fact, even the Court of Freedom has the defense lawyers’ request was rejected, Giulia Dieni And Christmas Polimeni, against pre-trial detention in prison. The lawyers have never asked for the defendant’s total freedom, nor is his innocence or guilt being discussed at this juncture: the trial will be the one to ascertain fully what happened and what the law requires with respect to the extent of Putortì’s reaction, with respect to the causes of the thief’s death etc. etc.
What is surprising in this phase is the obstinacy in keep imprisoned in prison as a dangerous criminal, an unblemished family man who has suffered the drama of a home burglary, he defended himself from criminals And Now he’s in jail: a mockery of the State, in addition to the damage of criminals. It is a measure at least exaggerated (the lawyers had asked for an alternative measure, such as house arrest) in relation to the extent of the incident. The house, in fact, was released: all the measurements have already been carried out by Forensics e Putortì’s family has returned to live in the place. How is it conceivable that he, therefore, could pollute the evidence coming out of prison, into an already hyper-controlled house where the family has returned to live? Furthermore the in the run it is totally to be excluded for a person who – even assuming that he had the desire to escape – has neither the necessary network of contacts nor the adequate financial coverage to guarantee it. Finally, and it’s the most absurd element, how could it repeating a crime that in any case Was it born from a robbery? You want to believe that Putortì himself could suffer another robbery? Or they want each other – we write it as a provocation – protect thieves so that they are free to rob without people who have already proven to hinder them?
If these three conditions are no longer met (repetition of the crime, risk of escape and risk of tampering with evidence), the need to keep a person like Putortì in prison completely disappears, until now completely clean. Instead, the 48-year-old defended himself from the thieves remains in prison for the 18th consecutive day And it will probably remain there for a long time to come. Lawyers will be able to present appeal to the Supreme Court against this provision, and there we will no longer go into the merits but into the legitimacy. In any case, at least another 10 days will pass.
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