A magistrate who is being
investigated for alleged wrongdoing in connection with seized
Mafia assets has insulted the grown children of assassinated
anti-Mafia prosecutor Paolo Borsellino, according to wiretapped
conversations published Wednesday in La Repubblica daily.
"Manfredi Borsellino is a nut job (and sister) Lucia
Borsellino is a right cretin," Judge Silvana Saguto said in a
wiretapped conversation with a friend on July 19, the
anniversary of the 1992 car bombing that killed Borsellino and
five policemen who were assigned to protect him.
Saguto reportedly went on to denigrate Borsellino's son for
being emotional at an event commemorating his father that was
attended by President Sergio Mattarella.
"Why the f**k would a 43-year-old man cry over a father who
died 23 years ago?" Saguto said.
"My sister Lucia and I are speechless," said Manfredi
Borsellino, a senior police officer in the town of Cefalù.
"We won't comment on words that should be filed under the
category wickedness. Just by talking about it, we risk giving
importance to the person who uttered those words".
Prosecutors from Caltanissetta launched a corruption and
abuse of office investigation against Saguto, who is suspected
of committing the alleged offences in collusion with judicial
administrative staff and family members.
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