The evidence does not add up and the defendant is acquitted. Yesterday in court in Sassari, Judge Caterina Serra ruled in favor of a 53-year-old from Sassari accused of damage followed by arson . For an episode in July 2020 when in a commercial business in Predda Niedda someone set fire to a gazebo and the various appliances on display, rendering them largely unusable.

The cameras in the place showed the image of a man, the arsonist, with a masked face and distinctive physical features: a deformed hand and a limping gait . The investigations conducted by the police believe they recognize the person who is wandering around the business as the Sassari man, reporting him for the incident. But when he is summoned by his lawyer Andrea Piroddi to testify in court, in addition to proclaiming his innocence verbally, he must do so physically as well . Showing his hands and legs to the judge and the public prosecutor Andrea Giganti, revealing that he has no disability. The evidence of this proof led to the request for acquittal by the prosecutor and the sentence of the magistrate .