Overview
- The Rome Court of Assize of Appeal approved hearing carabiniere Gabriele Tersigni, to whom brigadier Santino Tuzi confided he saw Serena enter the Arce station in 2001.
- Judges authorized acquisition of two 2008 recordings—an ambient tape from September 28 and a phone call from October 10—between Sonia Da Fonseca and carabiniere Ernesto Venticinque, with transcription assigned to expert Alessandro Perri.
- A broad roster of witnesses and technical consultants was admitted, and the court ordered the in-court examination of Franco, Marco and Anna Maria Mottola, the three defendants accused of complicity in murder.
- Rulings on further forensic testing remain pending, including new analyses on the hole in a barracks door that prosecutors argue could be tied to the fatal blow, and the court has held in abeyance some witnesses on alleged alternative sightings.
- The panel also rejected a bid by Tuzi’s children to join as civil parties and set the next hearing for December 17.