Prosecutors Gregorio Capasso and Claudia Manconi have asked for the indictment of Davide Iannelli (53 years old, from Campania) accused of murder, with the aggravating circumstances of torture and premeditation.
On March 11, 2022, in Olbia, Iannelli threw petrol on his neighbor and rival, Antonio Cozzolino , and then set him on fire, causing the victim to suffer severe burns. Cozzolino died after a short stay in hospital.
The Procura di Tempio, in the investigation documents, insists on the cruelty of the gesture and on the premeditation . According to the prosecutors, Iannelli (who is in the Sassari prison) acted coldly, in practice he ambushed the victim. Furthermore, according to the Tempio prosecutor's office, Cozzolino was chased and burned when he was on the ground, after having tripped over a flowerbed. A horrible death, in a video captured by the police the victim appears engulfed in flames.
Davide Iannelli is the companion of Rosa Bechere , the pensioner from Olbia who has not been heard from since the end of last November and who, according to the Prosecutor's Office of Tempio, was killed. The family of Antonio Cozzolino, well-known Tony, is assisted by lawyers Giampaolo Murrighile and Antonio Fois, who have announced legal action in all offices and with the utmost determination to get justice.