Italian Senate appeal for Italian condemned to death in Thailand

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Senate appeal for Italian condemned to death in Thailand

INSIDER NEWSDESK 

 

  

ROME – The Italian Senate was leading an appeal to the government of Thailand to prevent the execution of Denis Cavatassi, an Italian national accused in 2011 of hiring a killer to murder his business partner, Luciano Butti, in Phuket.  

 

 Cavatassi was convicted and condemned to death by the Supreme Court of Thailand but has always maintained his innocence.

 

 A press conference was called on Tuesday, headed by Senator Luigi Manconi, President of the Commission for the Protection of Human Rights, to call for his sentence to be annulled, alongside Cavatassi’s family, legal team and the head of Amnesty International in Italy.

 

 Butti and Cavatassi managed a restaurant together on the island of Phi Phi. The latter was arrested in 2011 alongside three others but released soon afterwards on caution. The family have always argued that the accused could have fled the country at this point.

 

Full story: http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/6373

 

-- The ITALIAN INSIDER 2018-02-07

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Italian accused of Thailand murder

'Bring Denis Cavatassi back' urge relatives

 

(ANSA) - Rome, February 6 - An Italian man accused of murdering his former business partner in Thailand is being tortured and risks the death penalty, his brother and sister said Tuesday.

Denis Cavatassi from Tortoreto near Teramo in Abruzzo was arrested in the Asian country in March 2011 on charges of ordering the murder of Lucinao Butti.

"He is being tortured and risks the detah penalty," Senate human rights committee chair Luigi Manconi said Tuesday, speaking alongside Romina and Adriano Cavatassi.

 

Full story: http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2018/02/06/italian-accused-of-thailand-murder_5b716264-dc82-4863-95d5-870a5aa2b67c.html

 

-- ANSA Politics 2018-02-07

[yankee99]

they dont really carry out death sentences anymore

[BuaBS]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

is being tortured and risks the death penalty

I don't believe it . He is just looking for attention for his brother .

[biplanebluey]

1 hour ago, yankee99 said:

they dont really carry out death sentences anymore

I've got news for you !!!!!! HaHa thank you Prayut for dissolving the death sentence............

[mercman24]

GREAT< he is being tortured, yes, eating fish head soup 7 days a week he he

[wvavin]

No problem, bring him back to Italy after paying some “Administrative fees”.

[sangtip2]

Why didn't he leave when he had the chance ?

[dutchbull]

Maybe because he innocent ?

[300sd]

18 hours ago, dutchbull said:

Maybe because he innocent ?

Doesn't matter whether you are innocent or guilty in this country. One often does not get a fair trial here with honesty and integrity. If you are innocent then best to do the smart thing.

[zaZa9]

Yes. Sadly , the best thing  to do is to flee . Even if innocent.

But then the police and courts in other countries assume you must be guilty because you fled , wrongly assuming that the "Justice" you faced  in Thailand is as 'worthy' as their own.

Rock and a VERY hard place..