Garlasco crime, the Pavia Prosecutor's Office requests the trial of Andrea Sempio

The Pavia Prosecutor's Office has requested the trial of Andrea Sempio for the aggravated murder of Chiara Poggi, which occurred on 13 August 2007 in Garlasco. Crime for which Alberto Stasi was definitively sentenced to 16 years. The request for indictment must be evaluated by a preliminary hearing judge after the preliminary hearing has been set. Sempio, his lawyers said, is "ready to face this phase of the proceedings before the preliminary hearing judge" and is "convinced that his "innocence will be proven". The Prosecutor's Office, in requesting the trial, confirmed the two aggravating circumstances already contested with the closure of the investigation: having "acted with cruelty towards the victim in consideration of the brutality of the murder due to the number and extent of the wounds inflicted on the victim, of which at least 12 lesions on the skull and face" and "having committed the act for abject reasons, attributable to hatred for the victim following the rejection of his sexual approach". We can read it in the indictment forwarded to the preliminary hearing judge.

The indictment

"The Pavia Prosecutor's Office, having also evaluated the documents most recently filed by the suspect's defence, has today requested the indictment of Andrea Sempio before the Court of Pavia", the Pavia prosecutor, Fabio Napoleone, announced in a note. Napoleon reports the charge identical to that of the closure of the investigations. "After an initial scuffle, he repeatedly hit the victim with a blunt body first in the left frontal region and in the right zygomatic region, causing her to fall to the ground. Following this, he dragged her in order to lead her towards the access door to the cellar and, after the offended party tried to react by getting down on all fours, he hit her again with at least 3-4 blows in the left parieto-temporal region, in the posterior parietal region, along the midline and in paramedian left parietal region, causing her to lose consciousness. Following this, he pushed the victim's body, causing it to slide down the stairs leading to the cellar where, even though she was already unconscious, he hit her with at least 4-5 blows in the left parieto-occipital region, causing serious cranial-encephalic injuries which resulted in her death homicide due to the number and extent of the wounds inflicted on the victim, of which at least 12 lesions on the skull and face.

With the aggravating circumstance of having committed the crime for abject reasons, attributable to hatred for the victim following the rejection of his sexual approach".