Rome, Aug. 14 (LaPresse) — One of the two brothers arrested in recent days in connection with the death of Antonio Perrotta, a 34-year-old security guard who died after being beaten during the night between Saturday and Sunday outside a nightclub in Sangineto, in the province of Cosenza, remains in custody. The decision was made by the investigating judge of the Court of Paola, Maria Grazia Elia, who did not validate the arrest of the two brothers. As a result of this decision, the younger brother, Domenico, will remain in custody. The charge has also been changed from first-degree murder to manslaughter. The older brother, Umberto, has been released. The investigating judge found that there was insufficient evidence to establish a serious case against him. According to the judge, the detention was upheld because the case files did not reveal concrete evidence capable of demonstrating an actual risk of flight: the judge did not consider either the brothers’ departure from the scene of the incident or their booking of a flight to Luxembourg scheduled for August 17 to be sufficient grounds. In fact, the reservation had been made on August 1—several days before the altercation—and there is no evidence that the two “attempted to move up their departure date from Italy.”
Cosenza, 34-year-old man found dead: one of the brothers remains in custody, the other has been released
Rome, Aug. 14 (LaPresse) — One of the two brothers arrested in recent days in connection with the death of Antonio Perrotta, a 34-year-old security guard who died after being beaten during the night between Saturday and Sunday outside a nightclub in Sangineto, in the province of Cosenza, remains in custody. The decision was made by the investigating judge of the Court of Paola, Maria Grazia Elia, who did not validate the arrest of the two brothers. As a result of this decision, the younger brother, Domenico, will remain in custody. The charge has also been changed from first-degree murder to manslaughter. The older brother, Umberto, has been released. The investigating judge found that there was insufficient evidence to establish a serious case against him. According to the judge, the detention was upheld because the case files did not reveal concrete evidence capable of demonstrating an actual risk of flight: the judge did not consider either the brothers’ departure from the scene of the incident or their booking of a flight to Luxembourg scheduled for August 17 to be sufficient grounds. In fact, the reservation had been made on August 1—several days before the altercation—and there is no evidence that the two “attempted to move up their departure date from Italy.”