The three men who had been arrested in connection with the cable car accident, who cost the lives of 14 people, were released Saturday night to Sunday, with the judge speaking of a “complete absence of evidence” against two of them, according to court sources.
The cable car fell on May 24, near the top of Mount Motarone, at an altitude of almost 1,500 meters. Only one 5-year-old Israeli boy survived.
Chief operating officer Gabriele Tantini has been placed under house arrest, while the technical director Enrico Perozio and the owner of the cable car management company Luigi Nerini were released.
All three remain in the focus of an investigation. In Italy, judges can only order pre-trial detention in special circumstances when there is a risk of the suspects escaping.
The three men were arrested on Wednesday, after Tantini admitted to authorities that he had deactivated the emergency brake, which could have prevented the tragedy.
He asserted that his confession had been obtained through torture and that his confession had been obtained through torture.
However, Judge Donatella Bunki Bonamici assessed that there is a “complete absence of evidence” against Nerini and Perozio, according to the decision published today by the newspaper Corriere della Sera.
On the contrary, according to the court, Tantini tried to place some responsibility on his two superiors, after acting “with complete contempt for human life, with an incredible negligence”.
Prosecutor Olympia Bossi said she would carefully consider the judge’s decision, which she could appeal, assuring she would not influence the investigation.
“The suspects remain the same, our work continues,” he told reporters.
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