After Pamela’s murder, the Supreme Court confirms a life sentence for Oseghale

AGI – The life sentence for Innocent Oseghale is final the Nigerian Accused of murder and sexual violence in connection with the death of 18-year-old Pamela Mastropietro, who left a community and was then killed with her in Macerata on January 30, 6 years ago Body dismembered and hidden in two cars. This is what the fifth criminal section of the Supreme Court decided, rejecting the defendant’s appeal against the appeal judgment in Perugia, which had been established in February last year, in addition to the responsibility for the crime already established in the first trial in the “Palazzaccio” in 2022 – too the aggravating circumstance of sexual violence, for which a new investigation had been ordered. Deputy Attorney General Maria Francesca Loy had called for a life sentence according to which the motivation underlying the contested judgment “filled every gap” and was “entirely undeniable” because “the reconstruction of the facts provided logical evidence” which “cannot be questioned in any way”. The facts of the case, said the public prosecutor, citing the appeal ruling, “would make no sense if no sexual violence had been committed.” Oseghale is currently imprisoned in Forlì prison.

“I’ve been waiting for this for six years,” explained Alessandra Verni, Pamela’s mother, visibly moved., immediately after the reading of the cassation verdict. “But my fight doesn’t end here,” meaning all other responsibilities must be brought to light. “I ask Oseghale to repent and tell who was with him,” added the woman, who announced a “torchlight vigil” in memory of her daughter next January 30 on the anniversary of her death and a few words to the family of Oseghale told Giulia Tramontano: “Fight and never give up”.

“Pamela wanted to live – that was what was written on one of the banners that the victim’s family and friends hung in Piazza Cavour before the hearing – and monsters destroyed all her dreams. Inhumanity must not become normal. Discomfort cannot be an alibi for a massacre.” . With them in front of the “Palazzaccio” was Pietro Orlandi: “There must be certainty about punishment, justice will not comfort Pamela’s mother, but will bring her a modicum of additional serenity. For my part,” emphasizes the brother of Emanuela, who died under unclear circumstances in June 1983, “Solidarity is inevitable, I have received a lot from it and it is right to give it to others too.”