«I apologize for what I said to my son. I just told him a lot of nonsense. I never thought feminicides were normal. They were meaningless sentences. I feared that Filippo would commit suicide. Those moments were devastating for us. We didn't know how to handle them. Please don't take those stupid sentences into consideration. I beg you, be understanding ."
Nicola Turetta, Filippo's father accused of killing Giulia Cecchettin, interviewed on Corriere.it, returns to the intercepted conversation between him and his son in prison in Verona.
«There had been three suicides in Montorio in those days. They had just told us that our son was also at risk - continues Nicola Turetta - I didn't sleep last night. I feel awful. I left the house so as not to worry my wife and my other son further. Now they find themselves facing a media pillory after that interview published in the newspapers - he explained - Elisabetta and I had just found the strength to go back to work. We have another child to think about, we have to try to move forward somehow, even if it is very difficult. Tomorrow who will have the courage to face the stares and judgment after those headlines that paint me as a monster. I was just a desperate father. I apologize, some things aren't even said in jest, I know. But in those moments I only tried to prevent Filippo from committing suicide ."
«I told him 'you have to graduate', not because I was interested, or because I hoped for a future outside of prison for him, but just to keep him busy and not make him think about suicide. It is logical that nothing will be done with that degree, he will rightly have to serve his sentence for what he did", he adds. « Filippo now realizes what he has done. We managed to address the topic. He wants to serve his sentence. He has no hope or intention of escaping his responsibilities – continues Nicola Turetta – I would never say those words again, but it was a desperate attempt to avoid an unusual gesture. I'm really sorry. I feel ashamed of those phrases, I never thought of them."
It was last December 3rd when he and his wife Elisabetta Martin met their self-confessed son for the first time, after the murder and escape to Germany, in the prison room. «You did something, but you're not a mafioso, you're not someone who kills people, you had a moment of weakness. You are not a terrorist. You have to force yourself. You are not the only one. There have been several others. But you have to graduate..», the sentences that Nicola addressed to Filippo, intercepted and contained in the trial file.
(Unioneonline/D)