Eight Carabinieri including
high-ranking officers were indicted Tuesday for alleged
cover-ups of the truth in the police brutality death of Rome
draughtsman Stefano Cucchi in 2009.
This is the fourth trial stemming from Cucchi's death.
In the main one, a Carabiniere has turned informant and told
the court that colleagues beat Cucchi so badly he couldn't stand
up.
In this fourth trial, the chain of command that spawned fake
reports on the draughtsman's health after his arrest on a minor
drugs possession charge will be exposed, prosecutors said.
The first hearing is set for November 2.
Among those sent to trial are retired general Alessandro
Casarsa, former commander of the Corazzieri and at the time head
of the Rome Group.
The other defendants are: Colonel Lorenzo Sabatino, former
head of the Rome operational centre, accused of failure to
report a crime; Francesco Cavallo, at the time lieutenant
colonel and office head for the Rome Group; Luciano Soligo,
former commander of the Montesacro company; Massimiliano Colombo
Labriola, former commander of the Tor Sapienza station;
Francesco Di Sano, at the time serving at Tor Sapienza; Tiziano
Testarmata, former commander of the fourth section of the
investigative centre; and Carabiniere Luca De Cianni.
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