A sentence of 4 and a half years in prison has been requested for the former Cagliari policeman who allegedly fought alongside the pro-Russians in the Donbass .

Before the Court of Assizes of Cagliari, the anti-terrorism prosecutor Emanuele Secci asked for the conviction of Luigi Frau, 51 years old , until 2007 in service as a canteen clerk in the Mobile Department of Cagliari, accused by the Cagliari DdaT of enlistment and training for terrorism purposes in eastern Ukraine, now a theater of war but where a "low intensity" conflict has been going on for years between the Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists .

At the end of an investigation by Digos, the prosecutor had accused Frau of having been to Donbass at least four times between 2015 and 2019, actively participating in the conflict . His defender, the lawyer Giuseppe Cirronis, instead requested the broadest acquittal, arguing that there are no elements that demonstrate his participation in the guerrilla war but not even any recruitment and training activity . On 22 March the Court presided over by judge Giovanni Massidda will return to the courtroom for the sentence.

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