
The Ancona Court of Appeal is examining the Prosecutor's Office's appeal against the defendant Fatah Melloul , sentenced to 18 years in prison in the first instance, author of the murder of Albanian Klajdi Bitri with a fishing pole in Sirolo, Ancona on August 27, 2023.
At today's appeal hearing, his defense lawyer, Davide Mengarelli, asked for the charges to be reduced to include self-defense, Italian media report.
"We are human beings and human beings make mistakes. I don't know how it could have happened. It was a hot day and I couldn't understand anything. I took the spear to scare them visually; I didn't realize that someone had died," the Algerian told the court.
Prosecutor General Roberto Rossi presented his closing arguments, requesting a review of the first-instance decision and an increase in the sentence for 29-year-old Tunisian Fatah Melloul. According to the prosecution, the initial assessment did not fully take into account the aggravating circumstances, including the weak motives that led to the crime.