Overview

• The first criminal section of the Court of Cassation declared Mirto Milani’s appeal inadmissible and rejected the Zani sisters’ appeals, cementing the verdict.
• Paola Zani, Silvia Zani and their partner Mirto Milani were found guilty of killing former officer Laura Ziliani during a May 2021 walk in Temù, Brescia.
• Investigators determined the trio sedated Ziliani with benzodiazepines before manually suffocating her and concealing her body near the Oglio River.
• Prosecutors concluded the defendants were driven by the prospect of inheriting their mother’s savings to finance a new car and a vacation.
• Alongside the life terms, the court imposed a six-month daytime isolation period for each of the three convicts.