Rome, 29 July (LaPresse) – The Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office has submitted a document to the Chamber of Deputies requesting access to the chat history contained on the mobile phone seized from restaurateur Mauro Caroccia. The prosecutors’ move follows a brief filed at Piazzale Clodio on 24 July by lawyer Fabrizio Gallo, defence counsel for Mauro and Miriam Caroccia, to which were attached ‘all the chat messages’ between former Under-Secretary Andrea Delmastro and his client, with a ‘request for immediate access’. In the letter sent to Montecitorio, the magistrates set out the reasons why they consider it essential to use only Caroccia’s messages, specifying that the measure must be regarded “also as a safeguard for the suspect”. Whilst judicial sources had explained in recent days that the document “would not have been taken into consideration at all” prior to the Chamber’s approval, the lawyer insists: “On this point, Parliament cannot refuse access to the evidence in this specific case. These chat logs are of fundamental importance in proving my clients’ innocence regarding the alleged offence and in identifying the true owner of the business.”
Rome: Public Prosecutor’s Office submits request to the Chamber of Deputies to access only Mauro Caroccia’s chat history
Rome, 29 July (LaPresse) – The Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office has submitted a document to the Chamber of Deputies requesting access to the chat history contained on the mobile phone seized from restaurateur Mauro Caroccia. The prosecutors’ move follows a brief filed at Piazzale Clodio on 24 July by lawyer Fabrizio Gallo, defence counsel for Mauro and Miriam Caroccia, to which were attached ‘all the chat messages’ between former Under-Secretary Andrea Delmastro and his client, with a ‘request for immediate access’. In the letter sent to Montecitorio, the magistrates set out the reasons why they consider it essential to use only Caroccia’s messages, specifying that the measure must be regarded “also as a safeguard for the suspect”. Whilst judicial sources had explained in recent days that the document “would not have been taken into consideration at all” prior to the Chamber’s approval, the lawyer insists: “On this point, Parliament cannot refuse access to the evidence in this specific case. These chat logs are of fundamental importance in proving my clients’ innocence regarding the alleged offence and in identifying the true owner of the business.”
