The Palmi Court issued the sentence against the defendants involved in the “offshoot” operation this morning. The requests of the Anti -Mafia Prosecutor’s Office have been accepted almost in full.
The Palmese judges condemned Antonio Alvaro 14 years of imprisonment, Domenico Alvaro 17 years old, Alfredo Ascrizzi 12 years, Francesco Carmelite 14 years, Francesco Luppino 14 years, Antonino Penna 20 years, Carmine Penna 17 years old, Carmelo Versace 16 years.
They were acquitted, however, Maurizio Rustic (unique for which the DDA had not asked for the acquittal), Nicola Alvaro deceased, Carmela Penna, Giovanni Penna, Carmelo Alvaro, Giuseppe Alvaro, Vincenzo Casella, Palermino Durante, Angelo Rechichi, Antonio Carzo And Antonino Gioffrè. The latter is the former mayor of Cosoleto, a small Aspromontano municipality, who had been arrested in the blitz of 10 May 2022 on charges of political-mafia electoral exchange and aggravated aiding and abetting. An accusation that the former first citizen had always contested strongly and that after 3 years he would seem to have convinced the prosecutor and the Palmi court.