Naples prosecutor Henry John Woodcock is being investigated by the Rome prosecutors' office for an alleged breach of investigation confidentiality in relation to a corruption probe centred on civil-service procurement agency CONSIP, sources said Tuesday.
Woodcock, well-known for a string of high-profile cases over the years, has been called for questioning by Rome prosecutors on July 7, judicial source said.
A long-time friend of Woodcock's, TV journalist Federica Sciarelli, has also been placed under investigation for allegedly acting as go-between with a reporter on the Fatto Quotidiano newspaper. She, like Woodcock, denies the charges.
The CONSIP case is sensitive and Sports Minister Luca Lotti and Tiziano Renzi, the father of ex-premier and Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi, are among those under investigation.
"I have found out that I am under investigation for revealing judicial secrets. I have absolute confidence in my colleagues in the Rome prosecutors' office and so I am certain that I will be able to clarify my position, dispelling every doubt and shadow about my professional and personal correctness," Woodcock told ANSA. "I don't deny, nevertheless, that I am very saddened and that this is a very difficult moment for me. But I can state that my work has always been inspired by the sole intention of serving justice and respecting the rules".
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