The Court of Cassation, in acceptance of an appeal by lawyers Sergio RUNDO And Alice Massaracanceled the sentence of 29 years and 6 months of imprisonment against Antonio Prostamo36 years old, of San Giovanni di Mileto, in the Vibonese, accused of having been one of the executors of the disappearance and the murder of Francesco Vangeli, The 25 -year -old from Scaliti di Filandari (VV), who passed away from the house on the night between 9 and 10 October 2018. There will therefore be a new second degree process for Antonio Prostamo.
At first instance, in the process with ordinary rite, Prostamo had been sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment. On appeal, the judges had declared two charges of imputation for lack of lawsuit: attempted private violence and damage. For the same crime, Giuseppe Prostamo, Antonio’s brother, at 17 years old, 6 months and 20 days, has already been definitively sentenced.
The accusation for the prostamo brothers was that of murder and suppression of a corpse against Francesco Vangeli, aggravated by the mafia purposes and by having committed the fact for abject reasons “connected on one way to having Gospels re -establishing the sentimental relationship with Alessia Pesce, On the other hand, the non -payment of a drug debt by Gospels against Giuseppe Prostamo “. However, the aggravating circumstance of the mafia methodology had already been excluded at first instance. The body of the victims, for months sought in the Mesima river, has never been found.