Overview
- The Procura di Pavia formally asked the gup to send Andrea Sempio to trial on November 3, seeking charges of voluntary homicide aggravated by cruelty and by 'motivi abietti'.
- Prosecutors say the attack included at least twelve wounds to the head and face and describe a sequence of blows and dragging into the cellar that they argue shows cruelty and a motive tied to a rejected sexual advance.
- Key technical elements cited by the prosecution include male DNA recovered under the victim's fingernails, a palm print labelled 'impronta 33', and shoeprint matches plus bloodstain analysis, all of which the defence has filed expert reports contesting.
- The next step is an udienza preliminare before the gup, who must decide whether to order a full trial, dismiss the case, or seek further tests; the defence plans to ask for a suspension and may ask the court to refer a constitutional question about proceeding while Alberto Stasi’s conviction stands.
- The request opens a complex legal phase: Stasi’s 2015 conviction for the same killing remains definitive, a separate revision petition for him is being prepared, and a trial of Sempio would not automatically undo Stasi’s sentence but could affect the timing and scope of revision efforts.