Numerous acquittals (even if technically these are acquittals for no reason to prosecute) "because the fact does not exist " or because " the fact does not constitute a crime ", but also various prescriptions on individual charges .
The proceedings for the alleged improper use of funds intended for the Democratic Party group during the 14th legislature (2009-2014) were closed at a preliminary hearing. Judge Ermengarda Ferrarese dropped all charges against the ten defendants for whom prosecutor Andrea Vacca had requested to be sent to trial.
In October 2020, when the investigation was closed, the Prosecutor's Office had hypothesized embezzlement for the use of public money intended for non-institutional purposes against 16 former councilors . For some the statute of limitations had already started because the facts were very old, while others had been archived during the investigation because the correctness of the expenses had been demonstrated.
This afternoon, at the end of the council chamber, Judge Ferrarese acquitted Giuseppe Luigi Salvatore Cucca, Giampaolo Diana, Valerio Meloni, Cesare Moriconi, Chicco Porcu, Gian Valerio Sanna, Antonio Solinas, Gavino Manca, Francesco Sabatini and Mario Bruno (for Bruno , Meloni, Diana and Porcu, some disputes were also declared barred).
The Prosecutor's Office originally contested expenses amounting to tens of thousands of euros paid for purchases that were deemed not legitimate for the institutional activity of the group.
Many of the charges were dropped with full acquittal, while for some of the accused - in addition to the acquittal - the statute of limitations was triggered.
