Six years asked for ex-Genoa mayor (3)

(ANSA) - Genoa, June 28 - Prosecutors on Tuesday requested six years one month in prison for ex-Genoa mayor Marta Vincenzi in connection with a November 4, 2011, flood in which four women and two little girls lost their lives. The prosecution also requested five years 11 months for ex-city cabinet member Francesco Scidone, four years seven months each for ex-city managers Gianfranco Delponte and Pierpaolo Cha, and four years one month for fellow city manager Sandro Gambelli. The defendants are accused of multiple manslaughter, culpable natural disaster, and forgery in altering the official time when a local river burst its banks.
    The prosecution has requested one year five months for ex-volunteer coordinator Roberto Gabutti, who stands accused of forgery. The fatalities occurred when heavy rains struck the city and the surrounding Liguria region. Rosario Gioia, at the time an unemployed 38-year-old, saw a woman and two children being swept away by the floodwaters and dived in to save them. He told ANSA that when he pulled a baby from the mud the child was already dead. The Cinque Terre coastal region, which is popular with Italian and international tourists, had already been hard hit by flooding and mudslides. At least 10 people were killed the week prior in the regions of Liguria and Tuscany after violent storms and mudslides cut off entire towns and swept away roads and bridges.