Overview
- The Genoa Assize Court found Anna Lucia Cecere guilty of killing secretary Nada Cella in a Chiavari office in 1996 and set the sentence at 24 years after upholding the trivial-motive aggravation but dropping cruelty.
- Accountant Marco Soracco was sentenced to two years for favoring the perpetrator, and he stated he will appeal while denying he covered for Cecere.
- Prosecutor Gabriella Dotto had requested life imprisonment for Cecere and four years for Soracco, which the court did not grant.
- The investigation was revived in 2021 after criminologist Antonella Delfino Pesce and the family’s lawyer Sabrina Franzone reexamined the case file, leading to renewed forensic tests and witness work.
- The conviction is based on converging circumstantial elements, including testimonies, two genetic profiles and a fingerprint on the victim’s clothing, and a disputed button comparison; defense teams announced appeals and the court’s written reasons are pending.