A plea bargain During the preliminary hearing yesterday morning for the road accident of 20 April last year in Taormina, in which he lost his life The 22 -year -old Francesco Caruso by Letojanni while traveling on the highway 114 with his scooter. The Public Prosecutor of Messina, with the deputy prosecutor Roberto Conte, had asked for the indictment to submit to trial Agatino Occhinothe 40 -year -old from Santa Teresa di Riva who proceeded on his motorcycle in the opposite direction to the victim on that day.
The suspect, assisted by the lawyer Antonio Scarcella asked to negotiate the sentence and the judge for the preliminary hearing Tiziana Leanza accepted the request, in the light of the agreement between the parties and the consent of the public prosecutor, establishing a two -year and six months’ pronounced to take care of the road murder accused. The plea bargain sentence also ordered the revocation of the 40 -year -old driving license and the release of the vehicles involved in the accident with the return to the owners.