At first instance he was sentenced to four years
The sentence for Claudio Foti, the psychotherapist involved in the ‘Angels and Demons’ investigation into the alleged illicit custody in the Val d’Enza Reggiana, is overturned in the second instance. The Court of Appeal of Bologna in fact acquitted him of all charges: for not having committed the crime from abuse of office and because the crime does not exist from the crime of grievous bodily harm. Also confirmed the acquittal of the charge of procedural fraud. In the first instance in Reggio Emilia he had been sentenced to four years. The founder of the non-profit organization Hansel & Gretel welcomed the sentence, which came after a long session of deliberation, with emotion.
“Truth and justice have won, after four years of pillory. I cried, the accusatory theorem broke”, commented the defendant on reading the sentence. Foti, founder of the Piedmontese non-profit organization ‘Hansel & Gretel’ was tried in abbreviated form and was considered a key figure in the investigation by the Reggio Emilia prosecutor’s office. “Foti was redeemed for four years of humiliation and persecution as a man and as a psychotherapist”, commented his defender, the lawyer Luca Bauccio.
“The Attorney General will read the reasons for the sentence and at the outcome will evaluate whether there is space for an appeal to the Cassation. I underline the full synergy between the Reggio Emilia Attorney General’s Office and the Attorney General. I have applied Dr. Valentina Salvi to the office with conviction”, said the prosecutor general of Bologna, Lucia Musti. The accusation in the second degree was supported by the substitute pg Massimiliano Rossi and by the prosecutor Valentina Salvi, who had coordinated the investigations by the Reggio Carabinieri. “Colleagues Massimiliano Rossi and Valentina Salvi worked in harmony with correctness and professionalism”, added Musti.
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