“Acquitted because the fact does not exist.” With this motivation, the first section of the Court of Appeal of Reggio Calabria – President, safe; Grassani and Berardi, in Latter – entirely overturning the first instance judgment, acquitted from any hypothesis of crime Francesco Fischer, Pietro Armando Crinò (former regional councilor), Tripodi Hermes (former ASP Medical Director), Caterina Caracciolo, Giuseppe Fischer, Roberta Maria Strangio And the radiological study Fischer Srl of Siderno, in the Reggio area. The defendants were accused, in various capacities, of scam the ASP and the regional health service, but also of recycling, false and alteration of information.
At first instance, the monochrome judge had sentenced Francesco Fischer to five years and six months each; At five years, the former regional councilor Pietro Armando Crinò, de facto administrator of the radiological center; At three years, the members of the structure, Caterina Caracciolo and Roberta Maria Strangio; At the age of four, the former Director of the Asp of Reggio Calabria, Ermete Tripodi, and three years and three months, the former administrative director Pasquale Staltari.
Finally, the College has ordered the revocation of the confiscation of assets and the immediate return to the entitled people, and the revocation of civil statutes. The patrol of the defenders had been nourished: Patrizia Morello and Simona Barletta, for Ermete Tripodi; Gaetano Cesario and Sandro Furfaro, for Francesco Fischer; Fabio D’Alessio, for Caterina Caracciolo and Roberta Maria Strangio; Riccardo Misaggi, for Pietro Armando crinò; Domenico Maria Lupis, for Giuseppe Fischer; Vincenzo Comi and Agostino Seville, for Pasquale Staltari, and Giuseppe D’Ottavio and Marco Gemelli, for the radiological study.