The Delcomar ships met the characteristics to participate in the tender of the Region to cover the routes from Sardinia to the islands of Carloforte and La Maddalena . This was clarified by the expert appointed by the judge of the Court of Cagliari , Cristina Ornano, at the end of the examination of the ferries which are still under seizure on the order of the magistrate.

After admiral Claudio Boccalatte's expert opinion was exposed, the public prosecutor Giagiacomo Pilia decided to ask for the acquittal of the shipowners Franco and Enzo Del Giudice , father and son, who ended up under investigation for complicity in aggravated fraud for the achievement of disbursements public, disturbed freedom of auctions, fraud in public supplies, forgery in public documents and attack on transport safety.

In May , before Judge Ornano ordered the expert report, the prosecutor had asked for sentences of 6 and 4 years in prison . The sentence will be read tomorrow morning.

Prosecutors were persuaded to ask for the seizure of the ferries that ensure connections with the smaller islands of Sardinia thanks to the prosecution's advice, which highlighted how the ships did not have the technical characteristics required by the regional notice. Under accusation - after the investigation by the Guardia di Finanza - the top management of the parent company and of Delcoservizi ended up. Precisely following the prosecution's advice, the investigating judge had accepted the seizure of the company shares and the fleet for a value of over 64 million euros.

The defenders, the lawyers Massimo Massa and Marcello Vignolo, together with their colleagues Massimo Ledda and Matteo Pinna, had presented a request for abbreviated judgment conditioned on a consultancy. The clash between the two consultations, that of the prosecution and that of the defense, then convinced the judge to order a definitive expert report. Expertise that clarified the regularity of the ships , albeit with some marginal violations of a civil nature that would not have been raised by the Region.

The investigation focused on the tender that Delcomar was awarded by the Sardinia Region in 2016, a six-year contract for the total amount, excluding VAT, of 70.1 million euros, with an option to extend the service up to 9 years for a total of over 104 million.

According to the indictment, some of the ferries used for connections with Carloforte and La Maddalena would not respond to the provisions of the announcement regarding accessibility for disabled and elderly people.

Now the Public Prosecutor 's Office has taken note of the opinion of the Court's expert , asking for acquittal.

Judge Cristina Ornano will write the last word on the matter tomorrow.

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