The detention was "unjust" and therefore Stefano Binda , definitively acquitted of the accusation of killing the 21-year-old student Lidia Macchi , his former high school friend and like him a CL activist, is entitled to reparation.
This was established by the Fifth Court of Appeal of Milan which upheld the 53-year-old's petition and paid € 303,277.38 as "relief", that is, as stated in the provision filed this morning, € 235.83 for each of the 1,286 days spent in prison, to which are added 1,500 euros of expenses that will be paid by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. "Obviously he is happy but, being of few words, when I told him the outcome of the decision he did not say anything else" explained the lawyer Patrizia Esposito who assists Binda with her colleague Sergio Martelli.
It is now necessary to wait for the provision to become definitive and then activate the procedures to collect the sum , which does not however include the request made by the defendants for the reimbursement of the damage suffered by the man's mother and sister, due to the "emotional impact" and the "halo of social discredit" due to his arrest.
For Lidia Macchi, killed with 29 stab wounds in January 1987 and found dead in a wood in Cittiglio in the Varese area, there is still no culprit: the case was reopened 7 years ago by the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office who had claimed the investigation under the jurisdiction of the Varese judiciary.
Binda ended up in his cell on January 15, 2016 and remained there until July 24, 2019, when the life sentence imposed by the Varese Court of Assizes was canceled in the second degree. When the acquittal was confirmed by the Supreme Court, he asked for damages to the state for having remained in prison despite his innocence.
His extraneousness to the crime was reiterated once again in the 22 pages filed today and written by judge Micaela Curami where it is pointed out that the "acquittal" second degree "did not ascertain any fact that (...) however attested to a behavior grossly negligent on his part, such as to allow the investigators to assume that he was fully involved (...) and that he should be subjected to custody "for the crime.
(Unioneonline / D)