Overview
- The Tribunal of Turin found Igor Bosonin, Euclide Rigato, Marco Berra and Paolo Quintavalla guilty of aggravated injuries in the attack on Andrea Joly and imposed one-year sentences.
- Judge Luca Barillà ordered provisional payments of €1,500–€3,000 to the Order of Journalists, Associazione Stampa Subalpina and the national press federation, with Joly’s compensation to be set in civil court.
- Press associations said the court-ordered awards will seed a regional fund to assist colleagues facing physical attacks or vexatious lawsuits.
- The four defendants were absent at the sentencing hearing and have announced plans to appeal the first-instance verdict.
- The July 20, 2024 assault outside the Asso di Bastoni circle in Turin was captured on resident footage and on the reporter’s own video showing the confrontation that preceded the beating.