Victims three times over: struck by nature's fury, martyrs of the state's omissions, and oppressed by the denial of justice. Those who died on November 18, 2013, and their families, have no peace. Twelve years after the Olbia disaster, the relatives of those killed by Cyclone Cleopatra (and a series of alleged omissions) are in a sort of legal limbo. To the natural disaster and the alleged failure to comply with safety and prevention measures (such as road maintenance) are now added the denial of justice and the silence of public authorities that should follow through on the few definitive rulings.
One of the monuments to the disaster, in every respect, of Cyclone Cleopatra is the construction site of the SP 38, the Olbia-Tempio road (a stretch of Monte Pino, never repaired), which collapsed like a sandcastle on the afternoon of November 18, 2013, killing Bruno Fiore, his wife Sebastiana Brundu, and Maria Loriga. The first-instance verdict (three convictions and one acquittal) was appealed at the end of 2022. Since then, no hearing has been held, and the multiple manslaughter charge has now expired.
There's a clear outcome for five deaths in downtown Olbia (Anna Ragnedda, Patrizia Corona and her daughter Morgana, and Francesco Mazzoccu and his son Enrico). The statute of limitations for the crimes (multiple manslaughter, December 2023, Supreme Court of Cassation) has "saved" the criminal judges' decision regarding compensation. But only on paper.
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