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03 October 2020The preliminary hearing before the Gup Nunzio Sarpietro is underway, behind closed doors, for the request for indictment of Matteo Salvini for the management of the landing from the Gregoretti ship in July 2019. In the courtroom for the former minister, who did not issue statements upon entering the Palace of Justice, the lawyer Giulia Bongiorno is present - writes the Ansa - while the accusation is represented by the deputy prosecutor Andrea Bonomo.

Also present in the courtroom is the lawyer Massimo Ferrante who represents four of the injured parties identified in the proceedings: a Nigerian couple and their two children aged 10 and 6, who were disembarked after less than 24 hours from the Coast Guard ship, as the Ansa always reports.



"I saw it well, serene, reactive, I guess there is also a nervousness. I think that no one for having done that job could have imagined ending up in court. For people like us, ending up in court is a serious matter. I found it very combative ".

Thus the leader of the Brothers of Italy

Giorgia Meloni

on the impressions she had meeting Matteo Salvini this morning in Catania, just before the preliminary hearing on the Gregoretti case scheduled in the court of the Sicilian city.



"Thanks very much to Giorgia Meloni and Antonio Tajani who this morning in Catania, before the court hearing, brought me their solidarity and the support of the political communities they represent".

Lega leader Matteo Salvini wrote it in a tweet also showing the photo of the three together, this morning for a coffee on the Catania seafront. 



Thanks very much to @GiorgiaMeloni and @Antonio_Tajani who this morning in #Catania, before the court hearing, brought me their solidarity and the support of the political communities they represent.

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- Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) October 3, 2020