A prosecutor who indicted six
policemen and an officer in the death in custody of Giuseppe Uva
said Tuesday there was enough evidence of "externally induced"
injuries for a voluntary manslaughter trial.
Uva, 43, was arrested at 3am on the morning of June 14,
2008, along with his friend Alberto Biggiogero, who later
testified he heard his friend Uva screaming for several hours
while being beaten in a cell next door.
Police then rushed Uva to hospital, where he died. Before
that, however, a prosecution witness named Assunta Rossa
testified she heard police threaten Uva on his hospital bed.
The case is one of several for alleged police brutality
that have captured headlines recently.
Earlier this month a Milan court acquitted four policemen
accused of murdering Michele Ferulli, who died of a heart attack
while being cuffed in 2011.
Present at the Ferulli case trial was Uva's sister Lucia,
who has campaigned tirelessly to shed light on the truth about
her brother's death.
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