The Italian Giacomo B. is said to have murdered his uncle and burned him in the oven of the family business. After the verdict, the suspected murderer disappeared with his family. Now he has been arrested and wants to be acquitted by an Austrian.
Northern Italian entrepreneur Giacomo B., who was legally sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his uncle, was transferred from a prison in the province of Brescia to the ‘Opera’ prison near Milan after an eleven-day escape and after his arrest.
The 39-year-old was deeply shocked after his arrest and protested his innocence, Italian media reported, claiming that an Austrian witness could acquit him of the murder charge.
Witness for the defense from Austria?
Milanese daily ‘Corriere della Sera’ reported on Saturday that the businessman had written a letter to the public prosecutor investigating the case, asking him to reopen the investigation. According to the suspect, an Austrian witness could prove his innocence.
The place of arrest:
After a 10-day search across Europe, the Italian man who allegedly murdered his uncle and burned him in an oven was arrested on Thursday. The 39-year-old ended up in the police net at his home in Soiano on Lake Garda, authorities said. The exact circumstances of the arrest were initially unclear. It was recently suspected that the businessman had fled to Spain or North Africa before his final sentence of life imprisonment.
Giacomo B. could have received help
Fearing he could take his own life, the businessman is being guarded 24 hours a day in Milan prison, judicial authorities announced. Investigators want to find out whether accomplices could have helped him escape.
The steel entrepreneur was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder by the Supreme Court in Rome on July 1. He has been in Spain for the past few days. It is believed that he decided to return from Spain to his villa in Soiano in the province of Brescia under pressure from his wife, with whom he has a nine-year-old son; he was arrested there on Thursday.
All of Italy is excited
The case has been occupying the Italian public for days. There had been frequent quarrels between Giacomo B. and his uncle over the management of the family business. According to investigators, the man harbored feelings of hatred towards his relative, because he had earned money behind the backs of the rest of the family.
The convicted nephew had not spent a single day in custody until Thursday. He also never confessed. During the trial, he claimed to love his uncle. According to the investigation, the nephew removed the body of the murdered man with the help of two workers in the blast furnace immediately after the crime. One of the two was found dead in a forest six days later.
Austrian banknotes found
He had probably committed suicide. In the worker’s house, banknotes worth 4,400 euros were found, issued by the Austrian National Bank. According to the judges, this was a deposit for the amount the worker would receive for his help in removing the uncle’s body.
Source: Krone
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