tears of joseph good Predicted outcome of tomorrow morning’s preliminary hearing has not changed one iota: Inquiry judge gerardina romaniello accepted the request for impeachment made by Lycia Vivaldi And Alexander Diviko, the prosecutor in charge of investigating the crime, via San Leonardo. The 42-year-old carer was defended by a lawyer on 14 September assunta mutalipasiWill have to appear before the Assessment Court to defend himself against charges of robbery, murder and attempt to murder, all serious (possible life imprisonment).
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do any harm,” the Baroness reiterated yesterday morning, breaking down in tears at the end of her lawyer’s speech. «He just wanted to steal, so much so that he arrived without any weapon. Then the situation got out of hand”: This is the reconstruction offered by the defense in the context of the events of 9 July last year, when an iron club caught in the garden – and never found – killed Buono at the age of 91. – Old Maria Grazia Martino, then deceased. He threw the crowbar over the head of Signora Maria Grazia, who immediately fell to the ground, followed immediately by her sister. adele (The 42-year-old disputed attempted murder for the conduct against him), who lost his balance in an attempt to defend himself. Also threw him on the floor.
For prosecutors, Buono would have dragged both sisters, one after the other, up the stairs leading to the basement, repeatedly banging Adele’s head on the ground and leaving them both lying on the floor. The Baroness knew the house at number 164 via San Leonardo inside out: in the past, between those walls, she had been the caretaker of two elderly women. He knew the habits of both the women and the large amount of money kept in the house: and so the 42-year-old man would climb over a side wall and enter the inner courtyard at the foot of the house. There he would have grabbed a 30cm iron baton (“he took it for a possible defence, nothing else”, the defense argued during yesterday morning’s hearing) and entered the house through the entrance Will who was always outside ajar by two elderly women. At that point the suspect may have grabbed Adele Martino’s bag, which contained 3,400 euros in cash. Then the most serious crime: the death of a 91-year-old.
Buono’s lawyer emphasized the remorse shown several times by his client: «He had a good time in that house. Isidoro’s son (another brother of Maria Grazia and Adele) also helped him obtain a driver’s license. He did not mean to cause injury.” Mutalipasi also referred to the pain shown by the defendant during a conversation with his partner in prison. A defensive strategy aimed at mitigating the aggravating circumstances of voluntary action and avoiding a life sentence. So much so that before the judges of the Court of Assizes, Buono would again ask to be judged with summary procedure: impossible for the same crimes, but once the sentence is issued, the mere presentation of the request can Remission of sentence would be eligible in cases where aggravating circumstances had ceased to exist during the course of the trial.
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