At risk of contagion, bosses under house arrest

(ANSA) - REGGIO CALABRIA, APRIL 10 - The Court of Appeal of Reggio Calabria, at the request of the lawyers Guido Contestabile and Angelo Sorace, has granted house arrest for sharing health with the alleged boss of the 'ndrangheta of Melicucco, center of the plain of Gioia Tauro , Rocco Santo Filippone, 72 years old. Filippone, a trusted man of the Piromalli clan, is indicted in the Court of Assizes in the "'Ndrangheta stragista" trial, with the ex-chief mandate of Brancaccio of Palermo Giuseppe Graviano, following an investigation into the' Ndrangheta-Cosa Nostra 'relationship in the massacre strategy of the early 90s coordinated by the deputy prosecutor of the Dda from Reggio Giuseppe Lombardo. The provision, which will be in force until the Coronavirus emergency persists - the lawyers say - has become necessary for the "particularly risky conditions" of their client who is suffering from serious cardio-vascular pathologists, as also attested by the health workers of the Turin prison of 'Vallette' where Filippone was restricted.