Overview

• An appellate panel of three experts—Giacomo Francesco Filippini, Nadia Bolognini and Stefano Benzoni—concluded Pifferi was capable of understanding and willing at the time of the July 2022 abandonment.
• The six-month assessment conducted in Vigevano prison found sectorial neurodevelopmental fragilities and affective immaturity but said they did not materially impair decision-making.
• The report notes a claimed “disconnection” from the maternal role without amnesia or dissociation, aligning with the first-instance perizia by Elvezio Pirfo that also found full capacity.
• The dossier, deposited this week, will be discussed before the Milan Court of Appeal on 24 September, and reporting indicates a possible appellate ruling around 22 October.
• A related proceeding on alleged manipulation of a WAIS test by defence-linked professionals is set for a gup hearing on 11 September, a separate track that could bear on mitigation arguments.