Appeal process for Samuele De Paoli’s death: hearing in October
It will be held on October 23rd the hearing of appeal for the death of the young Samuele De Paoli, with Patrizia Pinheiro Duarte accused of strangling him instead of fleeing. Keyword: Samuele De Paoli, appeal process, Patrizia Pinheiro Duarte, murder, Perugia, fight
It will open on October 23rd process of appeal for the death of Samuele De Paoli, a case that shook Perugia. The attorney general of Perugia, Sergio Sottani, has appealed against the acquittal sentence issued in first instance for Patrizia Pinheiro Duarte, accused of strangling the 21-year-old on 28 April 2021.
According to the prosecution, Patrizia Pinheiro Duarte he could have escaped after a fight with Samuele De Paoli, but he instead decided to strangle him, causing his death. The prosecution’s theory is that the action was not intentionally lethal, but that the death was a foreseeable consequence of an act of strangulation. This detail emerges from the appeal filed on January 19th by the Attorney General Sottani, who contests the conclusions of the Perugia preliminary hearing judge.
In the first instance, Pinheiro Duarte she had been acquitted of the charge of manslaughter. The judge, based on an expert opinion considered by the prosecutor’s office to be “lacking scientific support” and inconsistent with the evidence collected, had established that the woman had acted to defend herself from an attack by De Paoli inside the car in which they had secluded themselves. for a sexual performance. After the argument, she allegedly dragged her body into the ditch before walking away.
Prosecutor Sottani, However, disputes this reconstruction. He claims that the fight occurred outside the car, as stated by Pinheiro Duarte herself. The holes found on De Paoli’s socks would not be the result of the body being dragged, but indicative of a collision outside the cockpit. The injuries sustained and the distribution of blood inside the car, as well as the position of the seats, also support this alternative version of events.
Pinheiro Duarte’s lawyer, the lawyer Francesco Gatti declared that he is convinced of the innocence of his client and that he awaits the appeal hearing with serenity, respecting the pain of De Paoli’s family. The appeal hearing on 23 October will be crucial to determining the truth about a complex and painful matter.
