One defendant acquitted, for another three he returns to the Court of Appeal of Cagliari. To the leader of the criminal organization 27 years and 6 months
ROME. Acquitted for not having committed the crime Giovanni Salvatore Pirisi (55 years) of Sarule, new appeal judgment for Manuele Soro (43), Matteo Soro (36) of Genoa and Pasquale Scanu (36) of Bitti, acquittal from some minor offenses for other defendants with fine-tuning of the sentences and some prescription: thus ended, at half past one on the night of Wednesday 26 January, the judgment of the Supreme Court for 22 of the accused of the now historic millionaire robberies of security vans and vaults. in Sardinia between 2013 and 2016, the notorious Olianas gang – “the firm” – ended up largely in prison, which financed drug trafficking with military-style actions.
Sentenced in second degree to 7 years in prison, Pirisi – defended by Tullio Moni – resulted in the final judgment unrelated to the attempted robbery of 27 July 2015 at the Mondialpol in Arzachena. For the brothers Matteo and Pasquale Soro, the Supreme Court accepted the appeal of the defender Lorenzo Soro, who in the second instance had seen the plea plea agreement rejected on appeal on the first 6-year sentence: it will be a new college to agree on the definitive sentence with the defender. Sentence annulled and judgment-bis of appeal also for Pasquale Scanu, defended by Potito Flagella, sentenced in Cagliari to 13 and a half years. The Supreme Court also intervened on the position of Giovanni Olianas (57 years old) of Villagrande, considered the gang leader and sentenced to 28 years on appeal: defended by Paolo Pilia and Leonardo Filippi, the judges of Piazza Cavour acquitted him by two heads of marginal charges and served his sentence from 28 years to 27 years, 5 months and 15 days. Same fate for Gianluigi Olianas (60), defended by Pilia and Massimiliano Ravenna: from 6 years and 3 months to 6 dry years. Slight cut of sentence also for Luca Arzu (50) from Talana, from 30 to 29 years and 9 months. Fabrizio Manca (41 years old) from Villagrande, defended by Marcello Caddori, benefited from the statute of limitations for an indictment and his sentence has dropped from 17 and a half to 16 and a half years.
For everything else, the appeal sentence of 16 September 2020 is confirmed: 5 years to Roberto Serra (58 years) from Quartu, defended by Carmelino Fenudi and Alessandro Diddi, 18 years and 10 months to Sergio Arzu (42 years) from Talana defended by Paolo Pilia, 13 years old to Simone Balloi (39 years old) of Nuoro, defended by Gianfranco Mureddu and Pasquale Ramazzotti. Again: 9 and a half years become definitive for Michele Cherchi (41 years old) from Ozieri defended by Antonio Mereu, 7 and a half years for Salvatore Deriu (57 years old) from Santulussurgiu defended by Tullio Moni and Fenudi. The other penalties: 14 and a half years for Angelo Lostia (39 years) from Olzai defended by Ramazzotti, 9 years and 9 months for Antonello Mesina (31 years) from Nuoro, defended by Herika Dessì, 2 years and 9 months for Francesco Monni ( 59 years) from Orune defended by Angelo Merlini, 4 years and 2 months for Pasquale Bellu (54) from Luras, 2 years and 8 months for Marta Rosa Coda (60 years) from Talana, 4 years for Silvana Conti (52 years) ) of Villagrande, 4 years and 2 months for Pietro Paolo Lotto (54 years) of Villagrande, 4 years for Carlo Olianas (49 years) of Villagrande Yesterday the defendants definitively sentenced to sentences not subject to suspension or who were in freedom for various reasons were arrested by the carabinieri on the orders of the execution judge.
In the coming days, the defenders will present applications to obtain alternative forms of custody or the suspension of detention. (m.l)