“Any sentence will not return our Willy to us”. It is a feeling of anger mixed with deep pain what one feels when a friendship is broken forever. For no reason. Nicholas Lauretti is 22 years old and is one of the closest friends of Willy Monteiro Duarte. Together with his group from Paliano, a large family who has been orphaned of a special brother, Nicholas has been waiting for almost two years for justice to be done for Willy, who was beaten up on the night of 6 September 2020 in Colleferro. On one of those evenings in which Willy had finished work, he had passed by to greet some friends in the square in Paliano and together with some he had headed to Colleferro. Like every weekend. “Because there are more clubs that remain open even after midnight and you can continue the evening”, they told Vanity Fair Willy’s friends last September.
Among them was Nicholas, who today, later the request for life imprisonment by prosecutors Francesco Brando and Giovanni Taglialatela for the brothers Marco and Gabriele Bianchi, and two 24-year sentences for the other defendants, Mario Pincarelli and Francesco Belleggia, accused of complicity in aggravated murder, returns to believe in justice. “These past months have been particularly difficult for me and my friends,” says Nicholas, a computer science student and worker. “The main feeling I had was one of bitterness because in front of evident and really happened facts one still tries to deny the evidence. The request for life imprisonment gives me the opportunity to place further trust in Italian justice and I hope that the right decisions will be made in this regard ».
But the pain will remain indelible. «No sentence and no punishment can ever make us accept such an episode and above all no one will ever give us back Willy. I think about him every day because having a similar lack in the group is something inexplicable for those who have not experienced it“. The whole party, the bond with Willy is tattooed on them. “I miss everythingContinues Nicholas. «Our laughter, the evenings with the others until late waiting for him. It was everyday to cross him in the car when he went to work or was about to disconnect. We all lack a shoulder to lean on in times of need ».
Colleferro is a ten minute drive from Paliano. For a long time, none of Willy’s friends have returned. “Now I often go to Colleferro also because I have local friends and many times we spend a few evenings there. Finding yourself in those places is certainly not easy because it is like going over what happened every time. And it hurts. But I also believe that an entire city cannot be condemned ». The May 26 the sentence will be issued at the court of Frosinone. Nicholas will be there.
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Source: Vanity Fair
