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Prosecutor Seeks Life Term for Moussa Sangare in Sharon Verzeni Killing

The request caps a detailed summation casting the 2024 street stabbing as premeditated, purposeless violence.

Overview

  • Bergamo prosecutor Emanuele Marchisio asked the Corte d’Assise to impose life imprisonment and to deny general mitigating circumstances.
  • He pressed for recognition of aggravating factors including premeditation, diminished defense and the aggravator of futile motives.
  • Investigators reviewed about 14,000 hours of surveillance footage and used a mannequin dressed in recovered clothing to map the suspect’s flight.
  • Sangare first confessed and then recanted multiple times, and a psychiatric evaluation found him capable of understanding and willing.
  • The court will hear the defense on January 12 and replies on January 19, with a ruling likely to follow.