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Ursula Turri was not overdosed, but murdered. She suffocated with a pillow. Her ex-partner was convicted on appeal.

Ursula Turri was not overdosed, but murdered. She suffocated with a pillow. Her ex-partner was convicted on appeal.

(Adnkronos) - Quattordici anni e otto mesi di reclusione per Fabio Picciolo, 63 anni, ex dipendente del Comune di Barga (Lucca), condannato in appello per l’omicidio volontario dell’ex compagna Ursula Turri, operatrice socio-sanitaria di 49 anni. La sentenza della Corte d’Assise d’Appello ...

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Fabio Picciolo, 63, a former employee of the Municipality of Barga (Lucca), was sentenced to fourteen years and eight months in prison. He was convicted on appeal of the voluntary manslaughter of his ex-partner, Ursula Turri, a 49-year-old healthcare worker. The ruling by the Court of Assizes of Appeal of Florence overturns the acquittal handed down in the first instance by the preliminary hearing judge of the Court of Lucca in February 2024.

 

La vicenda risale al 19 novembre 2019, quando il corpo senza vita della 49enne venne trovato nel letto della sua abitazione di via Fontana, a Barga. In una prima fase si era ipotizzato un decesso legato all’assunzione di sostanze stupefacenti. Gli approfondimenti investigativi e gli accertamenti medico-legali portarono però a una conclusione diversa: secondo la ricostruzione dell’accusa, la donna era stata soffocata con un cuscino.

La consulenza del medico legale Stefano Pierotti fu uno degli elementi che contribuirono a delineare l’ipotesi dell’omicidio.  

Fin dalle prime fasi delle indagini, l’attenzione degli investigatori si concentrò sull’ex compagno. Il quadro accusatorio si fondava su diversi elementi indiziari, tra cui la presunta debolezza dell’alibi dell’uomo, l’assenza di segni di effrazione nell’abitazione e alcuni elementi relativi a possibili accessi all’appartamento dopo la morte della donna.

Tra gli aspetti esaminati anche una chiave rinvenuta dai carabinieri sul pavimento della camera da letto. Nonostante questi elementi, nel febbraio 2024 Picciolo era stato assolto in primo grado con rito abbreviato. La Procura e la parte civile, rappresentata dall’avvocato Paolo Mei per i familiari di Turri, avevano impugnato la decisione, ottenendo un nuovo esame del caso in appello. 

The proceedings before the Florence Court required a renewed preliminary investigation: the principal witnesses were reheard, along with four other witnesses whose statements had been acquired in the initial trial. The examination also focused on computer and telephone analysis, with the hearing of four consultants who had studied phone records, cell phones, and cell phone records attributable to the victim and the defendant. At the end of his closing arguments, Deputy Prosecutor General Fabio Origlio requested a 16-year prison sentence, based on a 24-year request for voluntary manslaughter and considering the one-third reduction provided for by the summary trial procedure. The Court ultimately sentenced Picciolo to 14 years and eight months. 

In the ruling read by the President of the Court, provisional damages of €80 were awarded to the victim's father, Gianluigi Burri, €100 to his daughter Bruna, and €30 to his brother Leonardo, for a total of €210. The final assessment of damages will be determined in the civil proceedings. Legal costs for both levels of proceedings were also ordered. 

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