They were all accused of road blocking for having participated, on 8 February 2019, in a demonstration against the low price of milk , blocking and slowing down traffic on the state road 131 dcn at the Siniscola junction, in the direction of Abbasanta-Olbia , and pouring milk cans onto the road surface . Demonstration took place without notice to the authority .
But according to the Nuoro court "the fact is not foreseen by law as a crime". This is the formula that this morning saw the pastors Domenico Giovanni Carta, Gian Piero Dalu, Giacomo Spina, Stefano Porcu, Giovanni Puggioni, Giovanni Graziano Contu, Salvatore Murgia, Nicola Spina and Mario Conteddu acquitted in the criminal trial, defended by Giulia Lai, Adriano Sollai, Francesco Lai, Francesco Pala and Marcella Cabras. The prosecution had requested a 9-month sentence for them.
The court sent the documents to the prefect. Satisfaction of the lawyers: «We are happy. With this trial the chapter of repression against the shepherds who had legitimately expressed their discontent closes - the lawyers say as they leave the courthouse -. These are precedents that will remain in the history of Italian justice."
