Rogoredo murder: indictment requested for Cinturrino, premeditation ruled out

The Milan prosecutor's office has requested the trial of Carmelo Cinturrino, the former policeman from the Mecenate police station who, on 26 January in the Rogoredo woods, killed Abderrahim Mansouri, a 28-year-old pusher, with a gunshot to the head from around 30 metres. In the request for indictment, the prosecutors no longer contest the aggravating circumstance of premeditation in voluntary homicide, indicated until the investigation is closed. There remains that of having "violated the duties inherent to the public function". Without premeditation, Cinturrino will be able to ask for an abbreviated sentence and no longer risks life imprisonment.

What had happened

In the indictment, Cinturrino is accused of the voluntary murder of the young man, at whom he "fired a shot with the Beretta 9x19 service pistol, tapping it on the right side of the head", during an anti-drug control in the Rogoredo woods. A crime preceded by several threats towards the victim. Threats, reported by a witness, such as: "remind Zack (name by which Mansouri was known, ed.) that I will kill him" or "Tell Zack that if I catch him I will kill him".

Mansouri was killed with a shot to the head, fired with his service pistol at about 30 metres. The victim, according to the reconstruction of the Flying Squad, not only was not holding a weapon, but also did not attempt to escape, given the bullet's entry hole. A crime scene that Cinturrino tried to alter: first by leaving a gun next to the body of the young pusher, then by delaying the arrival of help while the young man was still alive, finally by putting pressure on some colleagues to give a common version.