The direct trial held this morning in Oristano, before judge Serena Corrias, against the couple from Desulo accused of aiding and abetting for hiding in the house Graziano Mesina, the former red primrose of Sardinian banditry, arrested last year, ended with two plea deals. week after a long inaction.

Basilia Puddu has agreed a year and 8 months of imprisonment, suspended sentence, 3 years instead to her husband Antioco Gioi. The two spouses - defended by the lawyer Gian Cristian Melis - had ended up under house arrest, with a provision signed by the prosecutor Armando Mammone, on the morning of Saturday 18 December, immediately after the raid in their home that had led to the capture of Grazianeddu. Now Basilia Puddu is free, while her husband will remain under house arrest.

"In the coming months we will present a petition to be able to take advantage of alternative measures to detention for Gioi", announced the defender - who is also the mayor of Desulo - upon leaving the court.

Antioco Gioi has always tried to exonerate his wife from the accusation of aiding and abetting, putting the blame on him for having hosted Mesina at home.

(Unioneonlline / vl)