Florence, the Public Prosecutor asks for a sentence for the three antagonists arrested after the eviction of Viale Corsica
Friday, May 13, the first hearing for the clashes last March
The Florence public prosecutor asked for equal sentences, with a penalty of 1 year and 10 months of imprisonment, against three of the arrests for accidents that took place in the Tuscan capital between 19 and 20 March 2022 against the eviction of a building in the avenue Corsica. The three after the direct route of 21 March were released from prison and then subjected to the obligation to sign. Today there was the first hearing of the trial before the judge Gian Maria Faralli. A trial was proposed for a defendant. With respect to the accusations and request for conviction, the defender of the accused, lawyer Sauro Poli, stated that “the prosecutor wanted to amass a mass of hypotheses of crime without wanting to discern between the positions and the different facts, as if all acted in the same way without distinction “. Next hearing on 20 June, with a sentence expected.
The arrests were triggered as part of a protest in the square that arose against the eviction and which was animated by 500 belonging to the anarcho-antagonist area. There was tension, with the launch of paper bombs and smoke bombs against the police. They were made of containment with tear gas. Four policemen were bruised. In addition to the three arrested, there was a fourth for whom, after validation, the ban on staying in Florence was established and who today has the process in an abbreviated rite. Also for him the decision is expected on 20 June.