Death of David Rossi: the Commission points the finger at Mussari

An act of intimidation that was not initially intended to result in David Rossi’s death. This is the theory put forward by Gianluca Vinci, chair of the parliamentary committee of inquiry into the case, which implicates, in different capacities, the former chairman of Banca Mps, Giuseppe Mussari, and Gabriele Ceccherelli. Following Massimo Giletti’s previews on Rai 3, Mussari rejected the journalist’s claims and announced that he would take legal action in all relevant forums.

Vinci spoke about this during today’s meeting of the Commission’s Bureau. At the heart of the assessment are ‘pieces of information obtained by the Commission’s advisers during a number of interviews with prisoners’, the chairman explained.

According to Vinci, Mussari is believed to be the instigator of the act of intimidation, which, according to the original plan, was not intended to result in Rossi’s death. Ceccherelli, on the other hand, is said to have organised the operation and selected the individuals to be involved in carrying it out, whilst remaining outside Palazzo Salimbeni himself. Vinci pointed out that the individuals believed to have been involved in the execution have not yet been identified.

It was Massimo Giletti who, yesterday, referred to Mussari’s alleged role in David Rossi’s death during ‘Lo Stato delle Cose’, the programme broadcast on Rai 3.

The former chairman of Banca Mps responded to the journalist’s claims: “What Mr Giletti has said is madness, even before it is a most serious and unprecedented slander; I shall take legal action against him in all appropriate forums, as well as against anyone who dares to repeat this slanderous nonsense.”