Unserviceable scientific evidence: the Garlasco murder case and the statements of the former prosecutor of Pavia

The former Pavia prosecutor, Mario Venditti, in a note issued by his lawyer Domenico Aiello, recalls the case of the dismissals requested and ordered by the gip in the proceedings against Andrea Sempio, who is now under investigation in conspiracy with unknown persons in the latest investigation into the murder of Chiara Poggi. He emphasised that he himself had ordered 'new investigations at the request of the Stasi defence'.

After Alberto Stasi's conviction had become final, Venditti "was co-assigned (therefore not sole), an investigation file on Andrea Sempio, originating from a complaint by Stasi's defence and on the basis of the findings certified by the consultants of the Court of Appeal of Milan already years before, never contested by the General Prosecutor's Office", the former magistrate nevertheless ordered 'new investigations, at the outcome of which he decided to ask for "the archiving of the investigative hypothesis, given the uselessness and fruitlessness of the deduced scientific evidence, attested by the consultants of the Scientific Investigations Department (Ris) of the Carabinieri and evaluated the results of the subsequent investigations promptly ordered".

The gip accepted itand decreed the conclusion of the investigation in March 2017.