Graziano Mesina is terminally ill , diagnosed with a " widespread and incurable oncological disease ". So much so that his lawyers have once again requested a postponement of the sentence for health reasons. The new request comes a month after the last one (seven in all), presented to the Milan surveillance court by Graziano Mesina's lawyers, Beatrice Goddi and Maria Luisa Vernier, who denounce "the extremely serious situation" of the former red primrose of Sardinian banditry, detained for two years in the Opera prison and who recently turned 83.
"His health conditions had been precarious for some time but have worsened in the last two months - they write in a note -. Following his hospitalization in the San Paolo Penitentiary Police Department in Milan, suspicions became certainties and an oncological disease was diagnosed that has now spread , is incurable, and is in the terminal phase. Because of the disease, he can no longer walk, he cannot eat, he cannot speak, he has difficulty recognizing people. Nonetheless, the Milan surveillance court , thanks also to the reports on his "persistent current dangerousness" by the Cagliari general prosecutor, continues to reject the various requests presented by the defense for suspension of sentence for serious health reasons, the last one less than a month ago, despite all the recent medical records attesting to the imminent danger of death having been attached".
The two lawyers recall that even the requests for transfer to a prison in Sardinia, "where proximity to his family could have at least facilitated treatment and alleviated his suffering", have been systematically rejected. "In the penitentiary ward in the San Paolo hospital they have decided that he is no longer curable, but he is denied the possibility of having another medical opinion in an oncology ward of another hospital - Goddi and Vernier argue - after the visit to the prison this morning, having ascertained his almost desperate conditions, we will immediately present yet another request to the surveillance court in Milan with the hope of being able to obtain a positive response. He must be granted the possibility of returning to Sardinia for treatment, where he can have the help and closeness of his family. He must be prepared now, because perhaps he could face the journey, it is not known for how long this will be possible".
