Furchì life term for Musy murder upheld

(ANSA) - Turin, November 25 - A Turin appeals court on Wednesday upheld a life sentence for former Turin politician Francesco Furchì for the murder of Turin city councillor Alberto Musy. Musy was shot in the courtyard of his home in March 2012 after taking his children to school and lingered in a coma for 19 months before his death. The shooting that was initially treated as an attempted murder until Musy's death the night of October 22-23, 2013.
    "I'm innocent, full stop," said Furchì, who has always maintained his innocence.
    Musy, a married father of four young children, belonged to the centrist UDC party and investigators had said that a likely motive for the shooting was his unwillingness to do favours for Furchì who had supported Musy's political campaign.
    Investigators had said that they suspected Furchì was furious because Musy would not help him in return for Furchì's political support.
    "Principally there are three motives - Furchì sought but was refused professorship at the Palermo university, he was not nominated for a Turin city council position after supporting Musy's campaign, and Musy did not procure investors for Furchì s business activities," chief investigator Giancarlo Caselli said some months after the shooting.
    Musy, a labour lawyer, was shot by a person waiting in the courtyard of the building where he lived.
    Closed-circuit video footage showed a suspect near to the scene dressed in dark clothes and wearing a motorcycle helmet.