Milan, the four minors involved in the mortal accident of Cecilia de Astis return to the Roma camp. The magistrate: “That’s why there is no need to lower the age of imputability”

After 36 hours of investigations, the four minors involved in the fatal investment of Cecilia de Astis, 71, were tracked down and re -seed to their families. THE boys, 11, 12 and 13 years oldItalians, all children of Roma families of Bosnian origin, were aboard a Citroën DS4 stolen when the woman was overwhelmed in via Saponaro, a Gratosoglio district.

The investigations clarified the dynamics of the accident: The evening before the accident, the boys had forced the same car stealing suitcases and electronic devices of French tourists. The next day, the 13 -year -old, who returned to get the car with the escort keys, guided her at full speed with his teammates on board, causing the investment of Cecilia de Astis.

The minors were identified thanks to a quick and accurate investigation: the local police cross the images of the Pokémon T -shirts worn by the boys, filmed by a surveillance camerawith those seen in a shopping center in Rozzano. This made it possible to trace the Roma camp in via Selvanesco where they live.

Now the boys They returned to the Roma camp. The minor prosecutor’s office is evaluating their “social danger” and any measures to be adopted, which could include educational paths or placement in the community. Also The position of the parents is under examination for any failure to supervise.

As confirmed by the magistrate Maria Carla Gatto, former president of the Court for the minors of Milan, children are not attributable because Italian law provides for non -imputability up to 14 years. “I don’t think it is useful to lower the threshold”explains in an interview with Courier. “The boys are unable to understand the consequences of their actions at that age And consequently they would not however abstain from being in place only because recipients of the criminal action ».

The magistrate underlines the importance of an educational rather than repressive approach: “The goal is to correct their actions, make them take a path of responsibility, guiding and orienting them in the absence of authoritative figures in the family field”. Priority, according to her, is reintegration to school: “If the school path has been interrupted, the first goal is to restart it».

To prevent similar episodes, Gatto focuses on his prevention and collaboration between institutions: «We must certainly invest in prevention. In particular, The winning tool – in my opinion – is school. The reporting of cases of school abandonment must be immediate. In Milan, for example, it is acting carrying out collaboration agreements between the prosecutor’s juvenile offices and school offices ».

The tragic episode of via Saponaro, second cat, highlights social and family deficiencies: «It is linked to a lack of the company to intercept the discomfort and do not prepare all those useful interventions to prevent children from not only violin the law but that they do not even have respect for the other or institutions “, he explains to Courier.

On the front of the Parents’ responsibilitythe magistrate recalls that “yes, they respond civilly in one case like this, for omitted education and vigilance. The Caivano Decree then introduced a hypothesis of crime against the parents for failure to comply with the compulsory school of children “. In addition, “the decree provided for greater collaboration between the juvenile offices, the Police Headquarters and the social services for faster interventions, strengthening the possibility for the juvenile judge to apply security measures and educational prescriptions also for minors under the age of 14”.

The magistrate also highlights the causes of the phenomenon of youth crime: «The use of drugs at an increasingly early age, the negative influence of the world of social networks, forms of psychic discomfort growing. Situations that are often associated with serious social and school dysfunctions ».