" That woman must be tried in Italy and serve her entire sentence here ." This was stated by Barbara Scandella, mother of Giovanni Zanier, the fifteen-year-old from Pordenone overwhelmed and killed while on the bike path by a 20-year-old American soldier, who was driving drunk and hit him at full speed after losing control of the car. .
The woman fears that the soldier - now under house arrest at the Usaf base in Aviano where she is stationed in Italy - will be transferred and tried in the United States.
“We know all the precedents that have involved American soldiers in very serious incidents in Italy”, Scandella adds, “the truth is that in these areas they do what they want and go unpunished . I ask the authorities to deny the authorization to move jurisdiction to the US, even though I know that in that country the penalties for these crimes are even more severe. But we want to follow the trial and that she be sentenced in Italy to the maximum penalty ”.
“ I will never be able to forgive her - concluded the woman -: all, at 20, we did our nonsense, but how can you drink so much before getting into the car? Nobody will restore our John to us ”. It often happens, under international agreements, that US soldiers abroad who commit crimes are tried in the US.
" I am devastated by my sorrow , I apologize to everyone for the pain I caused," said the military, Julia Bravo, who otherwise took advantage of the right not to answer.
(Unioneonline / L)
