Truck driver who killed former cycling champion Rebellin sentenced to four years
The man had fled from the scene of the accident to Germany, then was identified and arrested by the CarabinieriGerman truck driver Wolfgang Rieke was sentenced to four years in prison for running over and killing former cycling champion Davide Rebellin in November 2022 in Montebello Vicentino.
The man had fled the scene of the accident with his truck to Germany, then was identified and arrested by the Carabinieri of Vicenza.
The plea bargain of three years and 11 months had been rejected twice before today's first-instance sentence, pronounced in Vicenza. The prosecutor had asked for a sentence of 5 years.
Present in the courtroom were the runner's mother, Brigida Gattere, and his brother Carlo Rebellin together with his niece, daughter of another of the three brothers, Simone.
"We are moderately satisfied - they said through their consultant Alessio Rossato - but Davide will not return."
For the family, "the Vicenza Prosecutor's Office has done an important job, and the defendant has also spent eight months in prison, a very rare event in these circumstances."
(Online Union)
