Sempio Defense Rejects Y-DNA Link in Garlasco Case, Flags Possible Constitutional Clash Ahead of Dec. 18 Hearing

Overview

• The defense met at the Genomica laboratory to finalize its strategy for the incident probatorio set for December 18, focusing on the Denise Albani report.
• Albani’s analysis detected a Y-chromosome haplotype consistent with Andrea Sempio’s paternal line, but she noted it cannot be dated and may reflect indirect transfer.
• Sempio’s lawyers will not request new tests and plan to challenge the scientific and legal weight of the trace, calling its evidentiary value insufficient.
• The defense says none of roughly 60 fingerprints collected in the Poggi home match Sempio, with identified prints attributed to the victim and Alberto Stasi.
• Attorney Liborio Cataliotti warns that any single-person indictment of Sempio without first revising Stasi’s definitive conviction could prompt a constitutional challenge, while Sempio in a TV interview voiced concern over media portrayals.