Ciro Grillo's appeal process, the courtroom will be behind closed doors: "Risk of secondary victimization"

SASSARI – An appeal process behind closed doors, because the offended girl asked that only magistrates and lawyers enter the courtroom. And it is necessary to protect it due to "the risk of secondary victimisation".

The first act of the new trial with the defendants Ciro Grillo, Beppe's son, and his three friends Edoardo Capitta, Vittorio Lauria and Francesco Corsiglia was dedicated exclusively to this, after the Order of Sardinia and Liguria asked to be able to attend the hearings in the second degree trial. A request which was supported by the defense lawyers, in particular Antonella Cuccureddu and Mariano Mameli.

But for the panel chaired by Judge Gianni Delogu, who spent almost four hours in chambers, the public and journalists must remain outside, despite the fact that it is an ordinary trial, precisely because the protection of the victim must be paramount. The magistrate also cited the rulings of the Constitutional Court on the matter.

The request of the lawyers Giulia Bongiorno (who is not in the courtroom today) and Dario Romano, the young woman's lawyers, was therefore accepted, and was joined by the deputy general prosecutor Marco Nassi.

Today the defense objections will not be discussed, not even the "technical" ones regarding the lack of a signature in the first instance sentence or the request to hear 33 witnesses.