Overview
- The Tribunal of Riesame annulled the October 24 seizure order and directed the return of all devices belonging to Mario Venditti, as well as those of ex-carabinieri Giuseppe Spoto and Silvio Sapone.
- Judges ordered restitution of any data already extracted, yet the items stay with Brescia prosecutors and the Guardia di Finanza pending forensic copies under an accertamento irripetibile.
- The defense asked the investigating judge to proceed via an incidente probatorio with a neutral expert to govern any data extraction.
- Prosecutors have sought access to up to 11 years of emails, messages and photos from Venditti's devices without predefined keywords, a breadth the defense argues contravenes requirements for specificity.
- Venditti is under investigation for corruption in judicial acts in a strand linked to the Garlasco case, with Giuseppe Sempio also under probe, while public tensions escalated after lawyer Domenico Aiello's criticism drew a formal rebuke from senior prosecutors and a Cassation appeal is possible once reasons are filed.