He was sentenced to a fine of 500 euros and a provisional payment of 1,500 euros for threats, but acquitted of the accusations of incitement to commit a crime (for not having committed the crime) and defamation (for the exercise of a right of political criticism).
These are the decisions with which the judge of the court of Cagliari, Cristina Ornano, closed the trial against Mauro Aresu, a 37-year-old Sardinian activist who ended up in the bar following a complaint filed by Matteo Salvini against him in relation to a post on Facebook in which the man invoked Piazzale Loreto in Milan a few days before the leader of the League arrived in Cagliari, in 2017, to take part in the regional congress of the Carroccio.
"Not good" was the comment of the accused , defended by the lawyer Marcella Cabras who had asked for complete acquittal from all disputes for not having committed the fact or, alternatively, for the exercise of a right of criticism policy. While the prosecutor Andrea Massidda had solicited a one-year sentence for all three charges. "I will wait with curiosity for the reasons for the device - said Claudia Eccher, lawyer of civil action for Salvini who in the harangue had quantified the damage at 100 thousand euros - I can say that I am absolutely not satisfied".
During the trial, which lasted several months, the investigation was reopened as Judge Ornano had asked the Postal Police to clarify clearly and unequivocally that Aresu had published the offending post.
Today, after two hours in the council chamber, the sentence and in 90 days the filing of the reasons .
(Unioneonline / ss)
