Doctor accused of two murders, trial begins. Amato, an ophthalmologist who worked for both Virtus Basketball and the Bologna Local Health Authority, has always proclaimed his innocence.
The two women, according to the deputy prosecutor Morena Plazzi and the prosecutor Domenico Ambrosino, were poisoned with a mix of psychotropic drugs and anaesthetic. Isabella Lsala's sister and Giulia Tateo's brother, assisted respectively by lawyers Maurizio Merlini and Francesca Stortoni.