Morandi Bridge collapse: statement of reasons for sentence extended to 12 January 2027

The reasons for the sentence with which in mid-July the second panel of the first criminal section of the Genoa court convicted 32 of the 57 defendants, including the former CEO of Aspi, Giovanni Castellucci, for the collapse of the Morandi Bridge (14 August 2018, 43 victims) will be filed by 12 January 2027.

As had been announced, the president of the college Paolo Lepri requested and obtained from the president of the Court an extension of the filing by a further 90 days (in addition to the maximum canonical term of 90), as foreseen for particularly complex sentences. At first instance, the highest sentence was given to Giovanni Castellucci (12 years in prison), followed by that given to the former maintenance director Michele Donferri Mitelli (11 years).