Antonio Francesco Vidili , 73 years old from Scano Montiferro , was sentenced to 8 years and 10 months for attempted murder .
THE RECONSTRUCTION – According to what was reconstructed during the trial, on July 27, 2020 Francesco Puggioni and Francesco Farina , both eighty-one years old, were spending the afternoon in a cellar, right next to Vidili's house who would have been annoyed and disturbed by the loud shouting. And so Vidili had asked for a little silence, then a quarrel with the neighbours. There had been a scuffle , even Vidili had been hit by Farina with a crutch, then he went back to his house and shortly after he went out with the billhook in his hand and hit Puggioni in the arm .
Prosecutor Valerio Bagattini had asked for a sentence of 13 and a half years as well as three years of probation . The civil party with the lawyer Maria Franca Obino had joined the requests of the prosecution , asking for damages and provisional compensation. The defense with the lawyer Spada had underlined that Vidili was an elderly person who sometimes used alcohol and this could have triggered the disproportionate reaction . He had asked for the charge to be reduced to injury, while for the charges of threats and carrying a weapon he had requested the minimum penalty.
The panel of judges (chaired by Carla Altieri alongside Cristiana Argiolas and Paola Bussu) sentenced Vidili to 8 years and 10 months for attempted murder and a 15 thousand euro provisional e. Defender Antonello Spada will file an appeal.
