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Luigi Frasca
«Currently the indications of guilt emerging towards the suspect in the murder of Leonardo Fiorini are not sufficient for the implementation of preventive measures». This was written by the Rome investigative judge who yesterday acquitted David Stojanovic, who remains under investigation for the murder of Leonardo Fiorini, the 27-year-old man who died after falling from a B&B on Via San Calepodio, in Rome’s Monteverde district, on Thursday evening. For Stojanovic who tested positive for cannabinoids, prosecutors have requested house arrest.
In particular, the order cites various testimonies from neighbors, who “in any case are consistent in stating that the suspect grabbed Fiorini’s legs to prevent the fall” while “they conflict with each other regarding what happened in the minutes before the fall and, in particular, regarding the manner in which” the 27-year-old man “climbed over the parapet of the balcony and then fell to the ground, a circumstance that is fundamental to understanding the precise dynamics of the facts for the purpose of proper legal qualification.”
Therefore, for the investigating judge, “the reconstruction of the facts provided by the suspect, pending the results of the ongoing investigative investigation (especially the autopsy and toxicological tests on the victim), currently appears credible, since a psychotic reaction, as described by the suspect, cannot be ruled out, resulting from the use of cannabinoids by a young person who only used them occasionally”.
