“Smart, clear, probably the clearest person around me right now.” Giada Bocelli talk like this about Alberto Stasi to “2 o’clock in the afternoon“. The lawyer was called by Milo Infante to explain his client, who is currently the only one definitively convicted of murder Chiara Poggi, and he did so in the following terms: “Highly rational, conscious, with great capacity for endurance, great inner strength and values – thanks to family – which allowed him to face not only years in prison but even more so years of trial with great strength, adapting to the situations in which he finds himself against his will, but without ever becoming confused by the prison environment”.
Although 18 years have passed since Chiara’s crime, Stasi still talks about her ex-boyfriend today: “More than public opinion expected” says Bocellari. “So far Alberto often spoke about Chiara and still does todayThe problem is, in his position talking about Chiara is dangerous because whatever he says can be interpreted negatively. Like the discussion of discoveries (body, ed): she didn’t cry, she didn’t tear her hair but he was very agitated in the phone callbut considered cold. If he’s crying and desperate, they might say: ‘He’s pretending to be desperate’.”
Alberto Stasi’s cold attitude is often highlighted, starting with his eyes which are often interpreted as “cold”. “Some of the photographs were found to serve a particular type of narrative that was necessary at the time” commented the lawyer. “When the media focuses on him and talks about this boy with a cold look, being an ideal candidate to commit murderthe monster was constructed acceptable to public opinion as well as a potential murderer.” Bocellari recalled the first meeting with the Stasi: “Alberto has many qualities but I don’t think friendliness is his most obvious quality. It does not arouse any particular empathy in the interlocutor.” At that time he was a practitioner in Studio Giardaand had no interest in Garlasco’s affairs. “Then they asked me to start doing research on other procedures, namely child pornography, so I started considering it from there. I’m not a lawyer, but when I started reading the newspapers I was convinced that Alberto Stasi was innocent”.
In the study of “2 o’clock in the afternoon“, Bocellari concluded by explaining what he thought was the biggest mistake made in this whole case: “The most macroscopic mistake in my opinion is to fall in love on the part of the investigator with the thesisprobably the most likely one at that point – the boyfriend was absolutely right that he was under suspicion – but they left it at that. All possible investigations were carried out against the Stasi, without properly checking the alibi which was the key point. And if it had been done on time, the Stasi would not have been prosecuted”.
