Deputy Prosecutor Arianna Ciavattini requested the conviction of three people held responsible for the death of Xhafer Sahitaj. The rock climbing worker, 39 years old of Albanian originshad crashed in 2019 while assembling a containment net along the wall above the quarry used for the deposits of the Third Pass, uphill Gazzo, on the slopes of the mountain. These are the legal representatives of the two companies that were carrying out the safety works in the area (for which 3 years were requested each) and the director of the works (for which two years were requested. The accusation is of manslaughter.
One of the defendants is Giorgio Zanuso, already sentenced to 10 months in the first instance, together with six other people, in the trial on the alleged bribes for the Terzo Valico, the railway doubling between Liguria and Milan.
That afternoon, Sahitaj was working with his brother-in-law when he fell about 20 meters into the void. The firefighters and the ASL inspectors intervened on site to recover the body. After the death of the worker Feneal Uil, Filca Cisl and Fillea Cgil Alessandria had proclaimed a four-hour strike at the end of the shift for all workers employed in the construction of the Third Giovi railway crossing.
