"Iannelli was first provoked, then attacked, and had to defend himself. He acted in self-defense, he is not punishable."
Thus, the lawyers Abele and Cristina Cherchi ask for the acquittal of Davide Iannelli and the reclassification of the crime for their client, from voluntary homicide to unintentional homicide.
Iannelli, 49, is accused of killing his neighbor Toni Cozzolino , who was burned alive on the street in Olbia on March 11, 2022 and died after ten days of agony in hospital .
In the last hearings, the Tempio prosecutor, Gregorio Capasso, and his deputy Claudia Manconi urged a life sentence with the aggravating circumstance of cruelty, while the civil lawyers (Giampaolo Murrighile, Antonio Fois and Massimo Perra) fought to also add that of premeditation.
According to the defense, however, there were no aggravating circumstances, but only mitigating circumstances since the defendant was only defending himself.
"Davide Iannelli - the lawyers said in their speech - had not premeditated the murder of Cozzolino. The night before he had asked for the intervention of the carabinieri because he had been attacked with a stick and had had to take refuge inside the house. The next morning there was a fight between the two and Iannelli used the bottle with the gasoline to defend himself ."
On November 5th, the last chapter of the first degree trial, any replies and the sentence.
(Online Union)
