The trial of six people has opened before the second section of the Court of Cagliari , including the Forza Italia deputy and current regional coordinator of the party, Ugo Cappellacci , accused of corruption and embezzlement , and the regional councilor of Labor Alessandra Zedda , also from Fi, accused only of embezzlement.
The two Italian exponents are involved in the investigation into an alleged bribe of 80 thousand euros linked to the allocation of public grants when Cappellacci was president of the Region and Zedda councilor of Industry.
THE MODIFICATION - In the first trial hearing, prosecutors Emanuele Secci and Diana Lecca modified one of the charges : no longer the mere embezzlement, but the embezzlement disputed together with the induction into error . This is because - as reported by the judge Giorgio Altieri in accepting the request for indictment - the defendants did not have the availability of money, the key principle of the embezzlement crime.
After the change in the charge, the objection raised by the lawyer Patrizio Rovelli , defender of the accountant Robeto Bonanni, stressed that the new formulation actually represented a hypothesis of fraud, now prescribed. The panel, chaired by Giovanni Massidda, postponed the hearing to 7 July to renew the notifications to the accused on the change of charge.
Neither Cappellacci nor Zedda were present in the courtroom.
ACCUSATIONS - According to the prosecutors who coordinated the investigations of the Tax Police Unit of the Finance , Cappellacci would have received a bribe in exchange for an intervention first on the manager of the fund chosen by the Region to manage the Por loans and then on the then councilor Zedda. All this to guarantee - according to the prosecution - a loan of 750 thousand euros of European funds to the company "Fm manufactured metal" despite not having the right to do so.
In addition to the former governor Cappellacci, the lawyer Guido Manca Bitti also defends the accountants Piero Sanna Randaccio and Tonino Tilocca, while Massimiliano Ravenna assists Flavio Mallus. On the other hand, the minor dispute for the accountant Sergio Vacca - also defended by Manca Bitti - which was removed by the judges because it is close to limitation is destined to fall.
(Unioneonline / D)