The sentences for five members of the Turin Court of Appeal have been increased organized Juventus fans tried in the Last Banner investigation. The judges recalculated the overall sentence for Dino Mocciola to eight years in prison (compared to the four years and ten months inflicted in the first instance). For Salvatore Cava, Sergio Genre, Umberto Toia And Giuseppe Franzo the sentences are respectively four years and seven months, four years and six months, four years and three months, three years and eleven months of imprisonment.
The trial concerned what according to the prosecution were the pressures exercised by the curve towards the company during the 2018-19 season. Intemperances, strikes of typhus and racist chants they would have been orchestrated by the ultras who did not want to lose benefits and privileges. With the sentence, criminal conspiracy was recognized and some events were traced back to the crime of extortion.
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The investigation of Digos took action after a complaint lodged by the same Juventus. «This result is also the result of the commitment made to increase the functionality of the stadiums. Without the complex organizational machine set up for safety, it would never have been possible to know in detail what happened in the curve», commented Luigi Chiappero, Juventus lawyer.
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