They are convinced that only a little over a year and a half ago, the Pavia Prosecutor's Office began seriously investigating Chiara Poggi's murder, at their instigation, rewriting the story of the Garlasco crime, so much so that the request for a trial against Andrea Sempio was "the only possible outcome." And while Alberto Stasi's two lawyers are still working on the motion for a review, armed with that new investigation and other "aces up their sleeves," they are also sending a clear message to the 38-year-old store clerk's defense, referencing some back-and-forth that has played out on television in recent days. While maintaining the "presumption of innocence and the inalienable right of defense of the accused," namely Sempio, lawyers Giada Bocellari and Antonio De Rensis hope "that, once the trial has begun, all efforts will be directed toward defending the latter's position and not seeking alternative paths , once again attacking Alberto Stasi, as has recently occurred, moreover, over aspects that have no basis in any way or connection to the murder charged to Sempio today." Any such attempt, they add, "besides being futile, will, from now on, be met with a firm response from the Stasi defense."
The request for Sempio's indictment, Stasi's two lawyers write in a statement, "marks a decisive step in a serious and thorough investigation, conducted for the first time by the Pavia Public Prosecutor's Office 19 years after Chiara Poggi's murder, as well as the only possible outcome given the serious investigative situation that has emerged." Despite "the continuous and futile attempts to delegitimize, if not even ridicule," they continue, "perpetrated against all those who in some way have strongly sought to shed light on a case that has always been rife with doubts and anomalies, the scientific, declaratory, intercepted, and documentary evidence acquired, in the Pavia Public Prosecutor's Office's view, completely rewrites the story of the Garlasco murder."
Then, there's the reference to the review of the 16-year sentence, finalized in 2015, which the former Bocconi student, now an accountant, is currently serving on probation. "In this situation and in light of the extremely serious facts that have emerged (and those that haven't yet emerged but which the Stasi defense is in possession of)," Alberto's lawyers explain, "we believe the only possible approach toward Stasi is to respectfully await the review of the case. Regarding the timing," they clarify, "for now, also due to the sensitive nature of the situation, we cannot and do not want to provide any guidance, but we can only say that updates will be forthcoming shortly."
For weeks, the 43-year-old's defense attorneys have been pointing out that their application to the Brescia Court of Appeal will also include other new and damaging elements, in addition to all the alleged omissions and anomalies in the RIS's operations that have been exposed by the prosecutor's new investigation. These include the two null results for the DNA on the pedals that were not included in the trial documents, the alleged mix-up of test tubes, and the subsequent blood test that allegedly returned a negative result and was not disclosed. And yet another male DNA sample, also found on the pedals, was also not included in the case file.
(Unioneonline)