Overview

• The Milan juvenile court delivered its verdict on June 27 in an abbreviated trial, imposing the maximum juvenile sentence of 20 years for the August triple homicide.
• Judges dismissed his partial mental incapacity defense despite a March report describing his fantasy-driven mindset.
• Expert Franco Martelli testified that Chiarioni believed murdering his family would secure “immortality” and had expressed deep feelings of alienation.
• Defense counsel had urged recognition of total mental incapacity based on a competing expert report but the court rejected that plea.
• Chiarioni remains held at Florence’s juvenile prison under a court-mandated psychological and psychiatric treatment program.