He was accused of arson after the fire that broke out in the pine forest of Arborea in October 2019 that destroyed 70 hectares of vegetation, this morning the breeder Pietro Milan, from Arborea, was sentenced to three years.
The Court of Oristano downgraded the crime to arson , the judges acquitted the breeder of invasion of public land and finally provided for a provisional amount of 150 thousand euros in damages for the Region and 100 thousand euros for the Horse Country Resort , civil parties with the lawyers Angela Serra and Gianfranco Meloni.
In the previous hearing, the Region and Horse Country Resort had requested compensation for damages totaling 580 thousand euros and had joined the request for conviction formulated by the prosecutor Valerio Bagattini, who concluded with nine years. Defense lawyers Claudia Piroddu and Gianfranco Siuni had urged Milan's acquittal, arguing the lack of evidence against the breeder, who would have had no interest in setting fire to the marsh grass and certainly no desire to burn the pine forest. The judges will file the reasons for the sentence within ninety days.