May 7th, 5 years agoin a room of the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza hospital, Donato Monopoli’s heart stoppedthe young man from Cerignola who died in May 2019 after seven months of agony following a fight that took place in a nightclub on the outskirts of Foggia.
“I never imagined that that would be the last day that I would hold you in my arms and that you would leave me forever.” the parents write on the ‘Justice for Donato’ page. “This was the end of one of the worst chapters of our lives, the seven months spent always at your side in that resuscitation bed hand in hand, with eyes full of pain, but also full of hope, because we hoped that one day we could return. to normal, but this was not the case“.
5 years later, their eyes “they are always full of pain, but still full of hope that Donato will get the justice he deserves“, they conclude. For this fact, two 30-year-olds from Foggia are awaiting trial, on appeal, on charges of voluntary homicide. Previously, the Bencivenga judge of the Court of Foggia had sentenced the two defendants – Francesco Stallone and Michele Verderosa – to 15 years and 6 months of imprisonment and 11 years and 4 of imprisonment respectively.
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