Turin, tragedy in Piazza San Carlo: new trial for Chiara Appendino
New appeal process for Chiara Appendino. This was decided by the judges of the fourth criminal section of the Supreme Court who, accepting the request of the general prosecutor’s office, annulled with postponement the sentence imposed onformer mayor of Turin to recalculate the sentence, reducing it, in relation to the events in Piazza San Carlo. Hanger she was sentenced to 18 months. The supreme judges declared irrevocable criminal responsibility for Appendino and Paolo Giordana, former head of the municipality’s cabinet. The story concerns the events of 3 June 2017 when during the giant screen screening of the Champions League final between Juventus and Real Madrid panic broke out among the crowd with 1,500 injuries and the death of two women. The former mayor ended up on trial for his responsible role as mayor, for charges of murder, disaster and injuries, all negligently.
The supreme judges also ordered a new appeal process for Maurizio Montagnese, former president of Turismo Torino. Alberto Bonzano, director of the Police Headquarters at the time of the events, was definitively acquitted with the formula “for not having committed the crime”.
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