Overview
- The Brescia Court of Appeal, presided over by Anna Dalla Libera, confirmed the first‑instance verdict for omission of official acts and limited the ruling to moral damage while keeping the eight‑month sentence.
- Judges found that between January and March 2021 the prosecutors failed to file six sets of materials flagged by colleague Paolo Storari for the defense in the Eni–Nigeria proceedings.
- Items said to be withheld included a video and WhatsApp chats undermining key accuser Vincenzo Armanna, as well as three 88‑page 'falsità Armanna' dossiers.
- Coverage also cites records pointing to a $50,000 payment involving Armanna and a Nigerian contact expected to corroborate his claims, which were not deposited with the defense.
- Fabio De Pasquale and Sergio Spadaro deny wrongdoing, argue no duty to file Storari’s materials and say they documented their assessment, and their lawyers can now take the case to the Court of Cassation.