Rogoredo murder: former police officer Cinturrino to face trial for premeditation
Milan's public prosecutor has closed the investigation into Carmelo Cinturrino, accused of deliberately killing a 28-year-old drug dealer in the Rogoredo woods.
Former officer accused of premeditated murder: faces life sentence
Milan's public prosecutor has closed the main phase of the investigation into Carmelo Cinturrino, a former police officer at the Mecenate police station, with the charge of murder aggravated by premeditation. According to ANSA Cronaca.
On 26 January, in the Rogoredo woods, Cinturrino fired a pistol shot to the head of Abderrahim Mansouri, a 28-year-old drug dealer known as 'Zack', from a distance of approximately 30 metres. With this charge, the former officer faces a life sentence.
The investigation closure document, signed by public prosecutor Giovanni Tarzia and prosecutor Marcello Viola, was served in recent days ahead of a motion to commit the case to trial. Cinturrino has been in prison since 23 February and has been stripped of his rank of assistant captain, being dismissed from the Police force.
On 6 August the former officer was called for questioning, during which he chose not to answer questions. The prosecutor charged him with the aggravating factor of premeditation, a hypothesis that emerged only following investigative enquiries conducted by the Mobile Squad and was not present at the time of his arrest. For procedural reasons, this prevented requesting immediate trial, as initially planned. Cinturrino has consistently maintained that he fired the shot out of fear, referring to it as a "tragic fatality".
A second line of investigation remains open involving the former police officer and six other colleagues, who are under investigation for approximately forty counts of indictment including drug trafficking, extortion and unlawful arrests.
Source: ANSA Cronaca