They attended a rave party in Oschiri and were all acquitted because the crime was not proven . Yesterday, Judge Antonietta Crobu handed down a sentence in court in Sassari against six people who, in 2020, at the height of the Covid pandemic, were identified in the S'Ampulla area, a municipal property, while being entertained inside a building by a DJ who was playing loud music. According to testimony from the Carabinieri, some of the spaces had been used as dormitories.
Dozens of people were identified by the responding Carabinieri, who obtained documents from some and traced their identities, while others were "located" through their license plates. Forty-four men and women were reported, 38 of whom received a criminal conviction and a fine of several thousand euros.
Only six—two from Cagliari, two from Nuoro, one from Carbonia, and the other from Oristano— decided to stand trial, facing charges of trespassing. The prosecution had requested a nine-month sentence, a request opposed by defense lawyers Umberto Carboni, Maria Cauli, Roberto Dessanti, Maria Grazia Pastorino, Antonello Peru, and Piergiorgio Statzu. They argued that, in some cases, identification had not been confirmed with certainty and that, in any case, since it was a place open to the public, the crime did not exist.
The disputed incident occurred prior to the so-called "anti-rave" law of 2022, introduced by the government and which carries sentences of three to six years and fines of between one thousand and ten thousand euros. The new case concerns "invasion of land or buildings for gatherings dangerous to public order, public safety, or public health, which consists of the arbitrary invasion of another's land or buildings, public or private, committed by more than fifty people, for the purpose of organizing a gathering, when this may result in a danger to public order, public safety, or public health."