The first act of the trial into the murder of Cinzia Pinna , killed on September 12 last year on the Conca Entosa estate in Palau, has begun in Sassari. Arzachena businessman Emanuele Ragnedda, 42, is before the Assize Court to answer for the crimes of voluntary homicide aggravated by cruelty, vile motives, and torture, concealment of a corpse, slander, and distribution of cocaine.

In the last few hours, the defense's request for an expedited trial was confirmed, which will likely be the starting point for the trial. Prosecutor Noemi Mancini coordinated the investigation into the events dating back to September 12, 2025, at Conca Entosa, the Ragnedda estate (known for producing the world's most expensive Vermentino) in the Palau countryside. The entrepreneur's defense attorneys, Luca Montella and Gabriele Satta, had already requested an expedited trial from the Tempio Preliminary Investigations Judge (a request denied by the judge) and will return to the case today. The alternative trial would allow for a significant reduction in sentence. Cinzia Pinna, 33, was killed by three gunshots to the face. The civil parties will be lawyers Antonella and Nino Cuccureddu, representing the victim's relatives (a well-known hotelier family from Castelsardo), Nicoletta and Maurizio Mani representing Luca Franciosi, who according to the prosecutor was wrongly accused by Ragnedda. Francesco Fùrnari, the lawyer representing Rosa Maria Elvo, Ragnedda's ex-partner, has also been implicated.