Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – The Pavia prosecutor's office has just announced the closure of its new investigation into Andrea Sempio. The measure, the new Article 415 bis, has been notified to the suspect's defense. The prosecutors reiterate that fingerprint 33, left on the wall of the staircase where Chiara Poggi's lifeless body was found, is attributable to the suspect, and add a detail: it cannot be ruled out that whoever touched the wall had blood on their hands.
The shoe print, a “Frau model, size 42,” left by the murderer in the Garlasco villa on August 13, 2007, also apparently belongs to Sempio, and there is no DNA from the victim on the pedals of Alberto Stasi's famous bicycle, the only person currently definitively convicted for the Garlasco crime.
In light of the new findings, what changes now for Stasi himself? Daniele Bocciolini, a criminal lawyer at the Rome Bar Association, explained to Adnkronos.
"The Pavia Prosecutor's Office specifies that it has never submitted a request for review to the Milan Prosecutor's Office, but that the Prosecutor's Office is certainly aware of every aspect of potential interest. This means that once the investigation is definitively concluded, the Prosecutor's Office—in light of the investigative evidence gathered by the Pavia Prosecutor's Office—will be able to independently submit a request for review," he said.
According to Bocciolini, "at present, even if the Attorney General's Office doesn't do it on its own initiative, Stasi's defense, which has been working on it for some time, will certainly be able to do so.
The Prosecutor's Office has listed numerous elements that could support the review (the DNA analysis on the nails, footprint 33, and the compatibility of Sempio's foot with the footprint found at the crime scene). To file a request for review, a "new" element is required that is sufficient to overturn the criminal judgment and demonstrate that the convicted person should have been acquitted. In this case, certainly, from a strictly procedural perspective, Stasi should have been acquitted. Reference is also made to the issue of the victim's alleged DNA on the pedals of Stasi's bicycle. According to the Pavia Prosecutor's Office, evidence that this result was "negative" existed for 19 years, but this data was not included in the case file. This would constitute an additional element that could support the request for review, which can be requested not only when new evidence emerges, but also when the conviction was handed down—absolutely—on the basis of falsehood. However, these are circumstances that must be proven. However, these elements, which are certainly favorable to Stasi, should not, in my opinion, preclude a finding of guilt against the accused."
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