The twelfth hearing of the closed-door trial for gang sexual violence begins in Tempio. The defendants are Ciro Grillo, Edoardo Capitta, Francesco Corsiglia and Vittorio Lauria. It is the day of the testimony of the key witness , the friend of the girl who - according to the prosecution - was raped on the night between 16 and 17 July 2019.
The lawyer Giulia Bongiorno, lawyer of the alleged victim of the violence, would have asked for the young woman to attend the deposition. The lawyers of the defendants objected and the request was denied , so the girl, 18 years old at the time of the events and present in the courtroom for the first time since the beginning of the trial, was made to leave and accompanied to another room.
The witness who will testify, however, on the night of the alleged rape was filmed with a cell phone while she was sleeping on a sofa with Ciro Grillo, Vittorio Lauria and Edoardo Capitta around her in offensive attitudes and with a clear sexual reference, a video included in the trial file.
Meanwhile, the ruling on the technical issues related to the judging panel raised by the defense is awaited. In particular, we ask for the reinstatement of judge Nicola Bonante, who was transferred to Bari but applied to Tempio, where he will continue to deal with his proceedings but will not return to being part of the panel that is judging the four young people, as decided by the plenum of the CSM at the beginning of September.
(Unioneonline/L.Ne.)
