Yesterday evening around 19.30 clock felled the juvenile court in Catania after eight hours of consulting its long awaited verdict against the fan Catania Antonino Speziale: 14 years for manslaughter. Negotiations were due to the death of policeman Filippo Raciti at the Sicilian derby between Catania and Palermo on 02 February 2007. Judge Minneci Nino and its board are apparently convinced that the death of the policeman direct consequence of an act of violence of the then minor Speziale was. Accused was to have one thrown together with other ultras from the anchorage torn sink, or its metal base, on Raciti. A consequent Leberparenchymschaden would have caused the death of the victim.
The argument was based on the testimony of 30 witnesses. The 30 September 2008 began the process attempted in 22 of trial to shed light on what goes on in Derby. Unfortunately the in and around the stadium mounted cameras filmed the entire course of the conflict, just by the act itself was surprisingly no images are found. Antonino Speziale, in his police statement also quite the throw, but insisted, "to meet anyone" have. The witnesses, none of Racitis colleagues had seen the litter directly to the Raciti - should have died hours later -. Special defender Giuseppe Lipera took the time controlled this way:
"The point is different. If Raciti has gotten a fatal blow, no one noticed. Not even he himself "
"Ma il punto è un altro. Se Raciti subisce un colpo mortal, nessuno se ne accorge. Neanche lui. "
Even the height of the chosen penalty measure leaves no doubt that in the Uniform Racitis found paint from a police vehicle, witnesses, the policeman would have been covered when resetting a used car of their own colleagues, a hospital is perceived as Baritrauma by a nearby exploding paper bomb cardiac arrest or other objections of the defense were not considered. According to the Head of Sergio Pintaudi emergency room, the violation of a hepatic vein-stated no objection to the absence of external signs of injury dar. The hurled in a high arc basin apparently only has caused internal injuries.
The death of policeman Filippo Raciti led at the time to massive tightening of laws against violent soccer fans. Despite all culminated in 2007, the Sicilian derby had already started badly with the, with the death of shots on the Lazio supporter Gabriele Sandri in November. Here the police officer shot and killed two highway lanes Spaccarotella across the fans are seated in the departing car. Here, too, was the verdict to manslaughter. Only the sentence against the obviously adult criminal convicted after servant of the state was naturally lower: 6 years imprisonment for a no risk situation on a moving car without the votes targeted gun shot in the neck. 14 years for a young person who has taken part in the violence, raised his direct complicity, or even the exact cause of death but during the process certainly matters.
The defense had argued for acquittal Speziale, because the defendant had never admitted the fact (probably the throw, but not the hits) and that there were no sufficient evidence. Even in a pre-trial of Catania fans had been convicted of resisting the violence to 2 years imprisonment, which he has now expired. Thus, his involvement in the conflict was already proven, punished and archived. After the verdict announced that Special to go in appeal:
"I am sure to be innocent. This is a conspiracy, but I do not give up. With my lawyer, we will go to appeal. "
"Sono Sicuro Tues essere innocente. C'è un complotto, ma non mi arrendo. Con il mio avvocato faremo Appello. "
Giá. After the death of Gabriele Sandris police hand out a storm of indignation swept through Italy's stadiums. After the death Racitis the matches of Serie A has been discontinued completely, the tragic death Sandris foresaw no such measures. In July last year, the targeted death of a policeman shot Spaccarotella as negligence were valued at six years, the Special football fan looks around for a sink throw with 14 years youth (!) For manslaughter (the originator was charged with murder faces). My contemporaneous comment on the ruling, I ended with the sentence:
"I would also not imagine how the verdict would have been if the Ultrà Gabriele Sandri had been shot in similar circumstances, the police Spaccarotella Luigi."
Now we have a clue.
