The case of assisting the
suicide in Switzerland last year of 40-year-old blind and
tetraplegic Italian former DJ Fabiano Antoniani aka Dj Fabo has
been sent to the Constitutional Court, judicial sources said
Wednesday.
A Milan court trying Radical Party member and Luca Coscioni
Association treasurer Marco Cappato decided to send the trial's
documents to the top court to rule if the case complies with or
breaches the Italian Constitution.
Prosecutors in the case had asked for Cappato's acquittal, of
ir that were not upheld, to send the case files to the top
court.
The case has garnered headlines in Italy and abroad.
Individuals must be given a "free" choice and "how and when
to die" on the basis of Constitutional principles, the court
said in the case of Dj Fabo.
In essence, the judges have ruled that Cappato did not
reinforce Fabo's intention to commit suicide and so that part of
the law that punishes assisting suicide without influencing the
other person's will is to be considered Constitutionally
illegitimate.
Valeria Imbrugno, the girlfriend of Dj Fabo, said Wednesday
she was "very happy" with the Milan court's decision to send the
assisted-suicide case to the Constitutional Court to see if it
complies with Constitutional principles.
Cappato said it had been his "duty" to help Dj Fabo commit
assisted suicide in Switzerland last year.
Radical Party member Cappato said "helping Fabio to die was a
duty and the Constitutional Court will decide if this was also
his right as well as my right".
The Luca Coscioni Association treasurer said he was
"grateful" to the judges for "recognising there was no
alteration of the will of Fabiano Antoniani".
He added: "I shall continue to claim responsibility for the
help I gave him, in all seats and fora".
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