Overview

• In motivations filed on September 26, the Tribunale del Riesame explained why it annulled Manfredi Catella’s house arrest on August 22 for lack of serious indications.
• The judges said chats and emails showed frequent, at times improper, familiarity between private actors and municipal figures but contained no signals of a corrupt agreement.
• The €28,000 invoice flagged by the gip was deemed tied to actual work performed by architect Alessandro Scandurra for Coima, with no evidence of false billing.
• The court noted there were no direct contacts recorded between Catella and Scandurra, and it emphasized that utility alone does not prove the required quid pro quo.
• The panel highlighted that the Landscape Commission had 11 members with no evidence of undue pressure from Scandurra, as the wider Milan urban-planning probe continues with over 70 people under inquiry including Mayor Giuseppe Sala.