Roggero, il legale: «Si è rivolto in modo improprio a Mattarella? Forse sì, ma parole umane»

"I can paradoxically say that Mr. Roggero is doing well, slowly becoming aware of the restrictions of prison. It's not true that he had a restless night; he's calm and settling in. We're expecting a response from the Turin Surveillance Court, which didn't arrive yesterday. I'd like a dismissal, so they can at least tell me something. The request is technically based on the pardon request submitted by Mario's wife, and there's a provision in the penal code that allows for a suspended sentence pending the resolution of the pardon request. We have faith in the pardon request, but we know it won't be quick." So said Stefano Marcolini, defense attorney for Mario Roggero, the jeweler sentenced to 14 years and 9 months in prison for killing two robbers and wounding a third during a robbery on April 28, 2021. Marcolini then commented on the statements his client made yesterday before turning himself in to the Bollate prison: "He spoke a little directly to Mattarella, but, putting his statements into context, I found them profoundly human. He seems like a good person to me. Did he address the highest authorities inappropriately? Perhaps, but that's understandable. Talking about remorse at this time is a bit complicated." Returning to an incident in 2005, when Roggero attacked his daughter's then-boyfriend and threatened him and his parents with a gun, the lawyer replied: "Why dredge up events from 2005 to judge a double homicide from 2021? Do you want to delineate a person's personality like this after fifteen years? It makes no sense." Finally, Marcolini emphasized: "Roggero had a gun license; he could have kept that gun in the jewelry store. I believe the problem was the fact that he took the weapon out of the jewelry store."