Overview

• Catella, head of Coima’s development business, was released after the Tribunale del Riesame voided the custody order tied to a corruption count.
• Ten days earlier the same court annulled house arrest for architect and Landscape Commission member Alessandro Scandurra, whose case is linked to Catella’s.
• The court filed only a one-line dispositive in both rulings, leaving uncertainty until the motivations are published on whether judges saw weak evidence or only no current need for detention.
• Prosecutors say Coima directed at least €138,000 in design work to Scandurra in exchange for favorable evaluations on projects including the Pirellino, while the defense counters the invoices reflect legitimate assignments unrelated to official decisions.
• Earlier reviews also scrapped jail for builder Andrea Bezziccheri and converted the home detention of ex–urban planning chief Giancarlo Tancredi, former commission head Giuseppe Marinoni, and manager Federico Pella into one-year bans, as prosecutors pursue further appeals including on an ‘induzione indebita’ strand involving senior city figures.