"I see nothing new. Giovannino Pinna is calm, as far as one can be in the face of such a tragedy."
The statement comes from attorney Salvatore Carboni, representing the 38-year-old from Sassari. A few days ago, prosecutor Armando Mammone filed a motion to commit him to trial , charging him with the voluntary homicide of his peer and cousin, Davide Calvia. Calvia had gone out to sea with him on a stolen boat in Porto Torres on April 12, 2023, only to suffer a shipwreck that same day and be found on the 13th off Porchile beach in Sorso. Calvia, on the other hand, reappeared in the waters of Lu Bagnu, a hamlet of Castelsardo, on April 22.
According to the magistrate, Pinna killed Davide with "violent force," causing fractures to his cervical spine and chest, then abandoned him in the sea, simulating drowning, and then caused the boat to sink. "Giovannino considers himself innocent of these charges," Carboni stated. "The version remains the one given to the Port Authority, two days after his rescue."
With the boat sinking, the two relatives jumping into the sea, and Calvia disappearing, despite Pinna's attempts to save him. This is the only version of events so far, in reality, because the 38-year-old has maintained silence for three years, exercising his right to remain silent. "We do not rule out, however, the possibility that, in due course, he may speak before the judge." That is, before preliminary hearing judge Sergio De Luca, who has scheduled the preliminary hearing for May 27th, where the new developments that led the prosecutor to change the charge from "culpable" to "voluntary" homicide could emerge.
In this sense, we're talking about recent audio recordings that have been filed. "We're not aware of any. If there are others, the prosecutor should release them. The ones we know of are Pinna's phone calls, intercepted in every way possible." In conclusion, the defense stated, "no critical elements have emerged that differ from what was established at the conclusion of the investigation, last December."