Piloted tenders and assignments entrusted to professional friends.
A real system which, according to the Oristano prosecutor's office , thanks to a group of trusted administrators and technicians, would have illegally managed public works in half of Sardinia for years, as was reconstructed in the Chamber. Sindacopoli , which also received the first requests for convictions for crimes ranging from corruption to bid rigging . Prosecutor Armando Mammone has asked for a sentence of 6 years and 9 months for Salvatore Pinna , an engineer from Tonara and owner of Essepi Engineering, considered to be responsible for the illegal management of contracts; for the former mayor of Belvì Rinaldo Arangino , a sentence of 3 years and 6 months was requested; for the former deputy mayor of Ortueri Pietro Crobu 3 years and 4 months while for Pier Paolo Sau, former mayor of Tonara a sentence of 2 years with suspended sentence . The lawyer Renato Pilia , civil party for the Municipalities of Gadoni, Aritzo and Teti , joined the prosecution's requests.
Arangino's defender, the lawyer Massimiliano Ravenna remarked that the disputed facts are prior to May 2015 but, apart from the prescription, he loudly called for the acquittal of his client. Even the lawyer Marcello Sequi in defense of Sau remarked how the accusation is based on inferences; Gianfranco Sollai , who assists Crobu, underlined that Tore Pinna has never received assignments from the Municipality of Ortueri where Crobu was councilor for public works and deputy mayor. The word then passed to the defense of the former mayor of Ortueri Salvatore Casula (lawyer Giovanni Battista Satta), of the former mayor of Teti Laila Dearca (lawyer Roberto Olla), of Maria Lucia Fraghì (defended by Marcello Mereu), Viviana Stochino (assisted by Marcello Caddori): statute barred for all crimes but acquittal was requested. It continues on May 9 with the discussion of the other defense lawyers and the sentence.
