A Naples Carabinieri commander
reportedly said officers "in difficulty" because of a trial into
the alleged brutality manslaughter of Rome draughtsman Stefano
Cucchi should be "helped", according to a November 6 wiretap
between two officers.
"You must have esprit de corps, if there's some colleague in
difficulty we must help him," Vincenzo Pascale said according to
the officer whose phonecall was intercepted.
Cucchi allegedly died in 2009 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.
In October case files revealed that a Carabinieri police
officer said in a recorded conversation that a superior sent a
modified report on Cucchi's state of health.
"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.
Several 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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