Nada Cella murder in Chiavari: appeal hearing set for 18 January for Annalucia Cecere
The second-degree trial for the murder of secretary Nada Cella will begin on 18 January before the Genoa Court of Assizes Appeal. In the first instance, Annalucia Cecere was sentenced to 24 years.
Appeal hearing on 18 January for Nada Cella's death: Cecere sentenced to 24 years in first instance
On 18 January, the second-degree trial for the murder of Nada Cella will begin before the Genoa Court of Assizes Appeal. Cella was a young secretary killed on 6 May 1996 in the office of accountant Marco Soracco in Chiavari. ANSA Cronaca reported the development.
In January, thirty years after the crime, former teacher Annalucia Cecere was sentenced in the first instance to 24 years in prison for murder aggravated by trivial motives. The Court of Assizes determined that the woman acted out of "social envy", in a "rash and impulsive manner": according to the judges, Cecere was jealous of girls from inland areas like Nada, whom she contemptuously referred to as "peasants", who managed to establish themselves professionally and achieve economic stability that was denied to her.
According to the judges, a further source of resentment was the fact that Nada — on the instructions of her employer — did not transfer Cecere's telephone calls to Soracco. The crime lacked a clearly defined motive, stemming according to the Court from the personality of the defendant.
Both Cecere, represented by lawyers Giovanni Roffo and Gabriella Martini, and Soracco, sentenced to two years for aiding and abetting and assisted by lawyer Andrea Vernazza, have lodged appeals. The Genoa prosecutor's office has also appealed, requesting that the aggravating factor of cruelty be recognised against Cecere.
Public prosecutor Gabriella Dotto, who coordinated the investigations by the mobile squad that resulted in Cecere's conviction, has requested to be "assigned" to the trial to assist deputy prosecutor general Francesco Pinto, who will conduct the prosecution in the second instance.
Source: ANSA Cronaca