The judge for the preliminary hearing Paola Faggioni she entered the council chamber at 11, telling all parties to return three quarters of an hour later: when she will pronounce her decision on the request for indictment of 59 people for the collapse of the Morandi bridge.
Almost four years after the disaster of 14 August 2018, which cost the lives of 43 people, with two probative incidents behind them, it is time for the verdict for the former executives of Autostrade, starting with the then CEO Giovanni Castelluccifor the heads and officials of Aspi, of the “sister company” Spea and of the Ministry of Infrastructures.
The demands of the prosecution and Aspi’s plea bargain
The GUP will decide who to send to trial, with the common accusation of all defendants of manslaughter (other disputes are road homicide, culpable disaster, attack on transport safety, willful collapse, willful removal of safety devices, forgery, omission of official acts) or acquittal.
The turning point
Ponte Morandi: Autostrade and Spea towards the exit from the process with a plea deal of 30 million
by Marco Lignana
In addition, the gup will have to accept or not the plea agreement with the prosecutors Massimo Terrile e Walter Cotugno found by the two companies Autostrade per l’Italia and Spea, accused of administrative responsibility in relation to the behavior of their employees: almost 30 million euros to exit the criminal proceedings.
Relatives of the victims
Before the hearing Egle Pottispokesman for the committee that has been bringing together the families of the victims since August 2018, put the record straight: “We, after all we’ve been through, expect short times and no hitches. Even if it will be difficult to rest assured, after all this time, and we cannot trust until the final decision in the process is made. “
Possetti adds that “when there will be indictments there will be technical times to start the trial, obviously we expect short times because everything should continue without slowing down. Then, as we have said many times, – continued the spokesman, who lost his sister, brother-in-law and two nephews in the disaster of four years ago – until the last line of this legal matter is written, we will not be, we can rest assured “.