Nada Cella murder: appeal hearing in Genoa from 18 January as prosecution seeks cruelty aggravation
The second-instance trial for the murder of the secretary killed in Chiavari in 1996 will begin on 18 January before the Genoa Court of Assizes on Appeal.
Appeal in Nada Cella case: hearing set for 18 January, prosecution wants cruelty as aggravating factor
The second-instance trial for the murder of Nada Cella will begin on 18 January before the Genoa Court of Assizes on Appeal. La Repubblica reports this, retracing the stages of the case concerning the young secretary killed on 6 May 1996 in the office of accountant Marco Soracco in Chiavari.
At first instance, former teacher Annalucia Cecere was sentenced to 24 years in prison for murder aggravated by trivial motives. According to the Court of Assizes, the woman acted driven by "social envy", in a "sudden impulse": she was jealous of girls like Nada — dismissively defined as "peasants" — who, unlike her, managed to establish themselves professionally and achieve economic stability. Cecere was also furious with Nada because, on her employer's orders, the victim did not pass phone calls intended for Soracco to her.
The defendants who appealed are the same: Cecere, defended by lawyers Giovanni Roffo and Gabriella Martini, and Soracco, sentenced to two years for aiding and abetting and assisted by lawyer Andrea Vernazza. The Genoa prosecutor's office also filed an appeal, requesting recognition of the cruelty aggravating factor against Cecere.
Public prosecutor Gabriella Dotto, who coordinated new investigations by the mobile squad that resulted in the identification and conviction of Cecere, has requested to be "assigned" to the trial to support deputy prosecutor general Francesco Pinto, who will argue the prosecution's case in court.
Source: la Repubblica