Milk protest in Bonorva, Sardinian shepherds acquitted
Seven were accused of chasing and blocking a tanker truck carrying milk and then spilling 8,000 liters of milk on the street. Absolution "for not having committed the crime"
Seven people acquitted for the Bonorva roadblock, the Court of Sassari excluded the responsibility of the shepherds who on 13 February 2019 gave life to a protest sit-in on the price of sheep's milk.
Gavino Lattone, from Bono, Alessandro Canu, also from Bono, Francesco Nughedu, from Burgos, Salvatore Nughedu, from Burgos, Pasqualino Galistu, from lllorai, the Fonnese Michele Loddo and Alessandro Muredda, from Sedilo, were cleared of the charge of blocking a tanker loaded with milk and throwing the contents on the street (about 8,000 litres).
The shepherds, defended by the lawyers Margherita Baragliu, Antonello Cao, Alberto Appeddu, Ivan Golmem, Rinaldo Lai and Giancarmelo Serra, have always rejected the accusations. The defense had asked for acquittal, informing the judge that the identification of the people present on the street never took place with absolute certainty.
