Following the revelation of two negative tests following the first positive on Alberto Stasi's bicycle pedals in 2007, his defense has "other evidence" ready. This was confirmed on Omnibus on La7 by Giada Boccellari, lawyer for the 43-year-old sentenced to 16 years for the murder of Chiara Poggi, a crime into which the Pavia prosecutor's office has reopened the investigation, investigating Andrea Sempio. "What I can certainly say is that the defense certainly has other evidence available today, one of which will be particularly shocking in my opinion, but which does not concern the 2007 investigation," she said.

Sempio, meanwhile, says he's more "relieved" after the Pavia prosecutor's investigation closed: "I don't think there are enough arguments to warrant a proper trial. If it ever happens that we have to go to trial, that is, to actually have a trial, we'll deal with it," he told Quarto Grado. Just days after the new filing, Sempio, in addition to expressing hope that the time has truly come to break free from "this mess of suppositions" and "invented leads," affirms he has nothing to fear from the evidence gathered against him, starting with fingerprint 33, which the Pavia prosecutors and the Carabinieri believe is the signature he left on the wall of the stairs leading to the cellar of the Poggi home, not far from the young woman's lifeless body.

"We don't need to know what might not be the case or what can't be ruled out. You need to be certain. Was there a trace on the wall? Yes. Was it analyzed? Yes. Was there blood? No. That's it. The way I see it, the matter ends there," he emphasizes. The 38-year-old clerk also offers a few words about the expert opinion submitted to the prosecutors by Cristina Cattaneo, one of Italy's most well-known and respected forensic pathologists and medical anthropologist: according to the expert, his foot could have been worn by the shoe that left the famous bloody, spotted footprint on the floor of the house on Via Pascoli in Garlasco.

"If you had found a shoe at Andrea Sempio's house," he says, speaking in the third person, "that could be linked to that one, perhaps stained with Chiara's blood, that's one thing. But as long as you say 'it's compatible,' that's fine. You don't have any real evidence to connect it." And he doesn't hesitate about his shoe size: "I was a size 10 at the time, and I still am." Meanwhile, he's feeling "the effects of social media" and "has started reporting some more serious attacks." There's also a comment on Stasi: "I think it was Alberto, I think the conviction was well-founded." But if there was "a real mistake," he adds, "obviously it's a tragedy." And it's precisely the possible mistake regarding the DNA on the pedals that continues to spark discussion. With the Milan Attorney General's Office busy evaluating the new documents submitted by the Pavia investigators, with a view to a possible request for review, which the prosecutor has not yet resolved, the one to intervene was Professor Francesco Maria Avato, at the time head of the team of consultants appointed by the former Bocconi student.

The university professor, questioned about the test that led to Stasi's unconfirmed arrest 19 years ago, explained that he was never informed of the two "invalid" results obtained by the Parma RIS on September 20, 2007, after the previous day's tests had returned Chiara's genetic profile. "This should invalidate everything," he explained. "Based on that tracing, which is now unconfirmed, we can not only reiterate that it was not blood, but also that there is no DNA present" from the victim. He, like the current experts appointed by Stasi, believes the hypothesis of a "swap" of samples is plausible: the one from the bicycle pedals with the one taken from the spoon used by Chiara Poggi for breakfast. Finally, Avato noted that in the face of "enormous discrepancies" like that, "the tests should have been repeated" and that "especially the magistrate" should have been notified of that "anomaly." It's not that one can "select the results of the analyses for my own use and convenience," he concluded, "but a discussion between the parties is necessary to agree on further control and verification procedures."

(Unioneonline)

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