Two convictions and one acquittal
for threats to the writer Roberto Saviano and the journalist Rosaria Capacchione made in the courtroom during the Spartacus appeal process in Naples against the Casalesi bosses in 2008. This is the provisions of the fourth criminal section of Rome which inflicted 1 year and half in prison for the chieftain Francesco Bidognetti and 1 year and two months for the lawyers Michele Santonastaso.
The third accused, the lawyer Carmine D'Aniello, was acquitted for not having committed the crime.
The accusation against them is threats aggravated by the mafia method.
The National Press Federation, represented by the lawyer Giulio Vasaturo, and the Order of Journalists of Campania have formed a civil party in the proceedings. The writer Saviano was present at the reading of the sentence.
"This process does not compensate, but it has been a long battle that
has shown how the Casalesi clan is not invincible
". This was stated by the writer Roberto Saviano commenting on the sentence. "It was a delicate process that told how a clan tried to intimidate those who wrote about its power. A sentence - he adds - that gives me hope, but that will not give me back the 13 years of trial and the 15 years of life under guard. . To live under protection means to live to lose one's life. I am also happy for Rosaria Capacchione, victim of very ferocious years and subjected to attacks. only the South ".
"We hope that
the message will
come from this sentence
that informers cannot be attacked with impunity
, nor can it be done in a court of law. We will always be at the side of reporters, even those less known, precarious, or who do not have the force to denounce. A sentence that commits us to be more and more present ". Said the president of the Fnsi, Giuseppe Giulietti, commenting on the decision of the court of Rome.