Seven years in prison for sexual assault .
This is the sentence handed down today in Sassari , in the second degree, against a 37-year-old from the Sassari hinterland who, according to the charges, committed rape on the then 14-year-old daughter of a cousin, from 2018 to 2019 in a town in the province.
It was the panel of the Court of Appeal presided over by Salvatore Marinaro, with Maria Grixoni and Marina Capitta on his side , that pronounced the sentence which revises the first instance sentence, which had inflicted 12 years on the man .
The charge against the man referred in particular to three episodes recounted by the alleged victim and which occurred in the small town of Sassari , one of which occurred outdoors, during a country festival , and another at the accused's home during a celebration.
But there were many other acts of violence against the young woman which she did not specify precisely .
The trial was based on the testimony of the injured party, who constituted himself as a civil party and was assisted by the lawyer Viviana Bruno while the defendant was defended by the lawyers Giuseppina Chiscuzzu and Marco Palmieri .
For the defense team , there would be many inconsistencies in the girl's story . Now they are waiting 90 days with the reasons for the sentence and then appeal to the Supreme Court.
Also at the Sassari court, in a summary trial, a 55-year-old Roman was sentenced to 6 years by the preliminary hearing judge Giuseppe Grotteria for sexual violence against a 9-year-old girl. The prosecutor had asked for 12.
The defendant, according to the charges, allegedly abused the little girl from 2019 to 2022 , again in a town in the Sassari hinterland.
The man, the companion of the little girl's grandmother , allegedly took advantage of the familiarity established to commit violence on the minor. until the proceedings concluded this morning which saw the man .
