Overview
- The Supreme Court’s Sixth Criminal Section rejected as inadmissible the Milan prosecutors’ appeals, leaving in place the Riesame decisions that revoked house arrest for Manfredi Catella and Alessandro Scandurra and custody for Andrea Bezziccheri.
- The court deposited the dispositive after Wednesday’s hearing, confirming the August rulings that found an absence of serious indications supporting the alleged corruption framework.
- Substitute prosecutor general Cristina Marzagalli urged rejection in writing and at the hearing, taking a stance consistent with the defenses.
- Marzagalli’s filing said the case record does not show a formed or operative corrupt agreement between Scandurra and Catella and that Coima’s payments could reflect legitimate, accounted professional work, a view also applied to Bezziccheri.
- Milan prosecutors contended the review court overlooked a broader urban-planning “system” in favor of an atomistic analysis, while separate proceedings on building offenses and related asset seizures continue independently.