Ponte Morandi, Autostrade and Spea ask for exclusion as responsible

First hearing after the summer break in the trial for the

on 14 August 2018 which

.

After the plea deal for about 30 million,

could exit the process where there are 59 people including former managers and technicians of the two companies, former and current managers of the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Provveditorato della public works of Liguria.

According to the indictment, everyone knew about the condition of the bridge but maintenance was not done to save money.

The lawyers of Autostrade and Spea have asked to be excluded as civil liable, therefore without compensation in the event of a conviction.

Prosecutors

they said they were in favor, while the lawyers of the civil parties opposed it.

The college will decide. 

“The possible exclusion of the civil liability of Aspi and Spea from the trial obviously does not please us.

But we understand the technical reasons for the trial ”, declares

, spokesperson for the committee for the victims of the Morandi bridge.

“What really worries us is the abnormal number of parties in the process which would unacceptably lengthen the time.

We hope we can thin out a bit ”, adds Possetti, who hopes in the admission of the committee as a civil party“ while we hope that others will be excluded who will be able to have refreshment in civil proceedings ”concludes Possetti.

(LaPresse)

The collapse of the Morandi bridge

"A trial that cannot be held", according to prosecutor

with

For Terrile, many of the more than 600 civil parties should be excluded from the criminal trial. The list of witnesses of the prosecutor counts 177 people , those of the 59 defendants over 300 and those of the civil parties over 600. "With these numbers, the trial will have no end other than that of the extinction of crimes" said Terrile. 

to arrive at a possible sentence or acquittal and not to liquidate the damages to the damaged parties, also because in an event like this the potential damaged could be infinite ".