Valledoria, doctor and assistant accused of forgery of public documents: acquitted
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Acquitted yesterday in court in Sassari, after more than seven years of trial, a 79-year-old retired doctor from Valledoria and his 47-year-old office assistant were charged with conspiracy to forge a public document for having filled out, according to the indictment, "medical prescriptions that falsely stated they had been written by the doctor, following a patient examination, while they were actually written by the assistant."
The facts, dating back to 2015 and the result of a NAS investigation involving other centers in the province and which recently led to convictions, were discussed by prosecutor Angelo Beccu, who determined the legal nature of the prescriptions, arguing that they are, indeed, certificates, but not public documents. Defense attorney Luca Sciaccaluga refuted the accusation that they were forgeries, stating that there was no evidence to that effect. However, the other argument, advanced by the lawyer, was that the prescriptions were intended for chronically ill patients, who were entitled to them.
On this aspect, the magistrate requested an acquittal because the fact was not substantiated. The other two charges, again for forgery of a public document, concerned only the doctor . One alleged that the professional had created false summary statements for additional services, and the other alleged that he had compiled a false medical certificate attesting to a non-existent condition, issued without a medical examination.
On both charges, for which the prosecutor had requested acquittal because the facts were not proven, the lawyer argued, in the first case, that there was no evidence to support the charges. In the second case, for which telephone intercepts exist, the investigation did not identify the alleged beneficiaries of the certificates, and here too, evidence of the alleged damage was lacking. At the conclusion of the deliberation, Judge Monia Adami ordered acquittal because there was no evidence of the facts on the first and last charges, while for the second, she ruled acquittal because there was no evidence on some cases and because the crime was not committed on others.