Amatrice earthquake, all condemned by the collapse of the two blocks of public housing. Under the rubble 18 people lost their lives

the Rieti Court condemned general 36 years in prison me 5 defendants in the process for the collapse of the two public housing buildings in Piazza Augusto Sagnotti ad Amateur after the earthquake of 24 august 2016. The earthquake caused the collapse of the two buildings and under the rubble 18 people died, three others were seriously injured.

Accepted the prosecutor’s request Rocco Gustavo Maruotti, who had requested sentences of 6 to 9 years, for the concurrent charges of murder, disaster multiple guilty e injuries. The court sentenced a 9 years prison Ottaviano Boni, at that time technical director of the construction company Soap, at 8 years Luigi serafini, sole director of the same company, at age 7 Franco Aleandri, then president of the Iacp, at age 5 Maurizio Scacchi, surveyor of Lazio Region Civil Engineering Department, and at 7 years Corrado Tilesi, former councilor of the Municipality of Amatrice.

The court also sentenced all the accused and civilly responsible (Ater, Lazio region and the Municipality of Amatrice) to compensation damages in favor of civil parties to be quantified in civil proceedings. The judgment on the collapses of Piazza Sagnotti is the first in the context of the judgments derived from the investigations into the Amatrice earthquake and Accumoli. “Was done justice for entire families exterminated, “he said Wania Della Vigna, lawyer for the families of the victims.

“Those twin buildings, built in reinforced concrete by the Iacp between 1973 and the 1977, collapsed as House of cards without leaving any escape for those who lived there, “he added, explaining that the victims” were unaware that the houses handed over by the IACP were completely abusive, “built with public money” in total discrepancy of the initial project (which instead had been authorized) without seismic authorization from Civil engineer and without certification of habitability “by the Municipality of Amatrice.” An example – concluded the lawyer Della Vigna – of constructive evil, but also administrative, all with thetotal absence of controls and verifications “.