Former Masullas mayor Mansueto Siuni was sentenced to three years for attempted extortion , he was also banned from public office for five years . The defense will now present the appeal on appeal .
The sentence of the panel of judges (president Carla Altieri, alongside Elisa Marras and Serena Corrias) arrived in the early afternoon of today and closes a story that dates back to 2017, when the then mayor allegedly put pressure on the carabinieri to cancel the report to the son , who tested positive for the alcohol test . According to what emerged during the debate, in particular from the testimony of the former commander of the Mogoro Company Nadia Gioviale, the tones used by the former mayor had gone beyond those of a normal parental outburst ; Siuni would have said that there would no longer be collaboration from the administration, and that it would not be convenient for the Arma.
In the end it was Siuni who found himself on trial. The former mayor has always rejected the disputed accusations and with his lawyers Raffaele Miscali and Patrizio Rovelli has reconstructed a very different picture on the basis of documents, deeds and other elements; the lawyers supported another version, insisting on the fact that the former mayor would only have complained about the treatment reserved for his son during the police checks . The defenders, in the previous hearing, had requested the acquittal while the prosecutor Sara Ghiani had asked for a three-year sentence. Now the reasons are awaited, then the legal battle will continue on appeal.
