(ANSA) - Rome, November 15 - Ilaria Cucchi said Monday that
she will take legal action against League leader Matteo Salvini
after he linked the 2009 death in custody of her brother Stefano
to drugs.
Salvini said the case "shows that drugs are always bad for
you" after two Carabinieri policemen were sentenced to 12 years
in jail on Thursday for involuntary homicide for the beating
that caused Stefano Cucchi's death.
Cucchi, 31, was picked up on a minor drugs charge in October
2009 and died in hospital a week later.
Ilaria Cucchi, who staged a long campaign for justice for her
brother, blasted Salvini's comment, saying drugs have nothing to
do with the death.
On Monday she said that Facebook had failed to remove "the
very well organized insults, threats and falsehoods that
appeared on social media after the former minister took his
public stance".
The case, which has been dogged by alleged cover-ups that are
subject to a separate probe, was bogged down for years before a
Carabiniere turned informant.
Cucchi's sister is suing Salvini
League leader linked 2009 death in custody to drugs