He ran over and killed a tourist on the beach with a bulldozer: new complaint for death threats

Two employees of the Cooperativa Bagnini di Cervia, on the Ravenna coast, have filed a complaint with the police regarding death threats they believe were made on the beach in Milano Marittima by 55-year-old Lerry Gnoli, the man who ran over and killed a tourist lying sunbathing with a bulldozer in nearby Pinarella di Cervia.

"I'm sending you two to the cemetery," Gnoli allegedly shouted, according to the two - the beach work supervisor and his deputy - earlier in the week around 12pm after arriving on foot on site. At that point the two would have immediately driven away in a frightened car.

On trial for the murder of a woman

The force - as reported by Resto del Carlino - has already sent the report to the judicial authorities. The 55-year-old Gnoli is on trial for the manslaughter of the 66-year-old Elisa Spadavecchia from Vicenza, who was run over and killed on 24 May 2025 by the bulldozer with which the accused was leveling the dunes. According to the Prosecutor's Office, that day the 55-year-old was working without authorisations, without a license due to the revocation for a previous manslaughter of a pedestrian, without having done any construction work in the area and after having taken cocaine. The two who reported it were at that time busy examining the construction work on the dunes to protect them from winter storms.

Back free a few days ago

Just a few days ago, after months spent in prison and under house arrest, Gnoli was freed with the obligation to live in the municipality of Cervia, a ban on leaving the house from 9pm to 7am and the obligation to sign three times a week. The release came following the expiry of the custodial terms noted by the trial judge Piervittorio Farinella; the restrictive measures now pending were subsequently requested by the Prosecutor Lucrezia Ciriello with the defense (lawyers Vittorio Manes and Carlo Benini) who had reserved the right to appeal to the Court of Freedom. The investigators now, in addition to ascertaining the content of the 55-year-old's words through any witnesses, will have to establish whether or not the man was still under house arrest at that moment.