Now that the picture is complete and updated by a new consultancy, we are going to the preliminary hearing. This is the turning point in the investigation into the death of the poor 21-year-old in Lipari in August 2020 Lorenza Famularotaken up and reopened by the deputy attorney general of Messina Joseph Costa after a request for archiving by the Barcelona Public Prosecutor’s Office, and entrusted at the time for new investigations to the Carabinieri of the Judicial Police Section. From a technical point of view, something has now changed because apparently the number of suspects has been reduced from seven to four. In October 2023, after the advocacy, the deputy attorney general Costa signed a request for an evidentiary incident and expert opinion on the facts to the investigating judge of Barcellona, and at the same time sent seven information notices to as many suspects with the hypothesis of the crime of manslaughter, identifying a series of responsibilities linked to the specific case and then to the overall management of healthcare in the Aeolian Islands. Then the investigating judge of Barcellona decided to reopen the investigations, which then came to a conclusion.
Now the magistrate of the Messina General Prosecutor’s Office has formalized a request for referral to trial to the investigating judge of Barcellona Joseph Caristiawhich has set the first preliminary hearing for December 12. Four names appear in the act setting the preliminary hearing. These are – the qualifications refer to the time of the facts, i.e. August 2020 -, the paramedic in service at the Lipari hospital Antonino Casilli; of the doctors on call in Lipari Antonino Giuseppe Cannata And Concetta Angelica Sequence (both visited Famularo at different times); of the radiologist of the Lipari hospital John Known (he was questioned by telephone by his family). The underlying theme according to the prosecution is for all an underestimation of the case and the failure to prescribe more in-depth tests. The health workers are assisted by the lawyers Pinuccio Calabrò, Paolo Starvaggi, Rosario Venuto, Ferdinando Amata and Denise Zullo.