«On my wife's part there was no fear for her life . Inside our home the cameras were always on and she was only concerned that the system was working to monitor what I did and what I took away from the house ." These are the spontaneous declarations made in the courtroom by the murderer of Ploaghe , Fulvio Baule , the 41-year-old bricklayer accused of killing his in-laws, Basilio Saladdino and Liliana Mancusa, with an axe, on 26 February 2022, in Porto Torres, ultimately reducing life of his ex-wife , Ilaria Saladdino. " He wanted to check if I had taken away the documents on some financing for the house ." Then he adds: "In reality, she had given those documents to her lawyer, while I only took away some gifts received from the children on the day of their baptism , just as she had done with the gifts received from her relatives."
This morning the accused wanted to intervene once again in the courtroom before the Court of Assizes, presided over by judge Massimo Zaniboni, to clarify what was declared by the witnesses, the lieutenant commander of the Ploaghe station, Roberto Olmeo and the marshal commander of the station of the Carabinieri, Guido Del Signore. The military intervened on the evening of 20 October 2021 in the Baule home following a report from Ilaria Saladdino's sister, worried because while speaking on the phone with the woman she had heard her husband shouting at her.
The witnesses answered questions from prosecutor Enrica Angioni, defense lawyer Nicola Lucchi, and lawyer Gian Mario Solinas, civil party lawyer together with Gabriele Satta and Silvia Ferraris. Also in the courtroom was the testimony of the psychologist , Manuela Mulas, manager of the social services of the Municipality of Ploaghe, and the parish priest of the town Giuseppe Virgilio, called by Ilaria to bless the house. " She was afraid there was a curse, which according to her was wanted by her mother-in-law ." None of the texts identified situations of imminent danger within the family. The trial was adjourned to January 9, 2024 for the depositions of the final defense witnesses.
