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'Ndrangheta, the plan to kill a carabiniere in Briatico. «He was a nuisance»
In the bunker courtroom, collaborator Antonio Accorinti illustrated the plan devised to eliminate the soldier but no longer carried out. «He was doing underwater fishing»
Published: 2024-10-23 – 7:04
LAMEZIA TERME «He was one of the Carabinieri on duty in Briatico, he carried out his work methodically, he was a nuisance. I had a disagreement with him in the sense that I had a proceeding for contempt against him». «He was on duty in Briatico and it was his habit to go spearfishing. I don't remember the year, but there had been a plan for an “approach” to kill him».
The hearing
This was stated in the bunker courtroom in Lamezia Terme by the collaborator of justice Antonio Accorinti, heard during the “Maestrale” trial before the judges of the Court of Vibo Valentia. He is one of the last 'ndrangheta informants from the Vibo Valentia area, born in 1980, son of the alleged boss Antonino. The beginning of his collaboration dates back to June 2023 and his statements had already been acquired in the “Imponimento” trial born from the investigation of the Catanzaro Anti-Mafia District, whose first degree trial ended last June with the acquittal of the Stillitani brothers and the thirty years inflicted on Tommaso Anello .
«He was spearfishing»
When the DDA prosecutor Andrea Buzzelli asks the informer what this intention consisted of, Accorinti explains and points the finger at some individuals already known in the panorama of organized crime in Vibo Valentia: «We talked about it. I went on excursions along the coast with the dinghy, we were with Gregorio Niglia, Simone Melluso and Antonino Tedesco and I saw him often». And again: «He used to park his car in a lay-by along a road to go to Marina di Briatico. So you always saw this car there and you could see that it was him who was underwater fishing» . In his story in court, Accorinti explains: «I met him on the stretch I was taking to go on these excursions along the coast, doing my coastal navigation I saw him underwater fishing». So «there was an approach by Niglia with me, Melluso and Tedesco because, seeing him there like that, it was an opportunity to be able to take him out».
«German had to kill him»
According to what the informer reported in court, there was also a sort of plan ready to kill the carabiniere from Briatico. "Gregorio Niglia had this idea," Accorinti said. "And he says: 'when he goes underwater fishing you meet him with the dinghy', and since Tedesco also went underwater fishing, he says 'we'll intercept him there in that way'." Also because, as the collaborator of justice also said, the place chosen was sufficiently isolated, difficult to reach for ordinary swimmers, not a frequented place. The ideal place, therefore, to kill the soldier. The informer Accorinti also explained to the prosecutor Buzzelli the division of tasks. "Tedesco was supposed to kill him while he was diving because he did it too. I, then, passing by with the dinghy, was supposed to pick up the body and take it out of the water." But then the plan did not materialize because "thinking about it, I already had a proceeding underway with him for a dispute. So I opposed it because otherwise it would have been too easy to trace it back to me, and attention would certainly have fallen on me". ( g.curcio@corrierecal.it )
