A Carabinieri police officer said in a recorded conversation that a superior sent a modified report on the state of health of Stefano Cucchi, a Rome draughtsman who died in custody after an allegedly brutal beating in 2009, according to case files presented on Friday.
"He sent them already changed," Lieutenant Massimiliano Colombo, commander of the Tor Sapienza station, said referring to Lieutenant-Colonel Francesco Cavallo, who at the time was number two of the Carabinieri Rome group command office. Cucchi allegedly died due to injuries caused by a beating by Carabinieri police. One of five Carabinieri on trial in relation to the case has accused two others of the beating. Several other Carabinieri, including Cavallo, are under investigation for an alleged cover-up in a case that, for several years, looked set to end without anyone being brought to justice.
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