“My thoughts go to Stefano and my parents who are not here today in the courtroom. It is the high price they have paid in recent years”, said Ilaria Cucchi who for 12 interminable years fought against the attempts to cover up the death of his brother Stefano, which occurred in the days following his arrest and his incarceration for the possession of small quantities of drugs.
The family also had to sell some housing to support the legal battle aimed at shedding light on what happened to the 31-year-old in the barrack where he was conducted for the ritual investigations and where the struggle took place which was then fatal, but long denied by the soldiers of the Italian Meritorious Corps (Carabinieri).