Overview

• Tribunale del Riesame published its reasoning for annulling Manfredi Catella’s house arrest, finding an absence of serious evidence for corruption.
• The court says messages among developers and public officials show frequent, sometimes improper familiarity, yet no signals of a corrupt pact or attempts to sway decisions.
• Judges note no direct chats between Catella and architect Alessandro Scandurra and stress that corruption requires a proven quid pro quo, criticizing the gip’s “inverse” reasoning.
• A roughly €28,000 invoice to Scandurra deemed central by the gip is assessed as legitimate compensation for documented work, with no evidence of false billing or overpayment.
• The ruling sits within a broad Milan urban‑planning probe that includes the Pirellino project; recent decisions also revoked arrests for Giancarlo Tancredi, Giuseppe Marinoni and Federico Pella, with some interdictions confirmed.