• Thyssen, the Turin pg: "For German managers unavoidable prison"

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June 17, 2020

The communication on the granting of the semi-freedom in Germany for Harald Espenhahn and Gerald Priegnitz, the two German managers convicted of the stake at the Thyssenkrupp in Turin who killed seven workers in 2007, arrived today at the general prosecutor in Turin.

According to what was learned in Turin, semi-freedom has already been granted to one of the two managers. The provision provides that the condemned people spend the night in jail and that they work outside during the day. There are also facilities for socializing within the institution of punishment.

Semi-liberty can be granted in the presence of three requirements: absence of the danger of committing crimes of the same nature (in this case it is culpable homicide), absence of the danger of escape, absence of recidivism.

Victim relatives: we will go to Rome, We will go to Essen
"We will go to Rome. We will go to Essen. We will do something. They must tell us how this is possible". It is the first comment of Rosina Platì, mother of one of the seven victims. "Tonight - continues the woman - we wanted to celebrate, but somehow we felt that news of this kind would come. Now enough: they must explain what happened." "They played too much with us - he concludes - and we no longer trust anyone".

Boccuzzi: shameful news, I'm thrilled
"I'm thrilled. They still have to invent an adjective to express the feelings I'm feeling now. The news is as unexpected as shameful". This is the first comment by Antonio Boccuzzi, the Thyssen worker who survived the fire.

Boccuzzi observes that "five years (the maximum sentence foreseen in Germany for manslaughter - ed) were few, but at least they were something" while "this concession, on the other hand, is crazy, incredible, questionable".

"They taught me - he adds - that the judgments and decisions of the court are not discussed. However, I think the time has come to start discussing them, otherwise it is worth nothing". "In this process - he concludes - there is nothing normal anymore."