Valter Lavitola's lawyers: 'Ranucci also asked to increase security'

Lawyers for Valter Lavitola, currently detained on charges of orchestrating an attack on Sigfrido Ranucci, assert that Ranucci himself had previously requested an enhanced security detail. Sergio Cola, Lavitola's attorney, stated that existing documents support this claim.

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The documents show that Ranucci himself had asked to increase the security detail.

Regarding the prosecution's characterization of his client's statements as "vague," Cola pointed to declarations from co-defendants, identified as the alleged perpetrators of the attack. According to Cola, these individuals maintain they "had no intention of harming Ranucci," citing the methods employed in the attack as evidence.

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they did not have any intention of harming Ranucci, one can see this from the methods of the attack.

When questioned about the possibility of a "third level" or a more complex conspiracy behind the incident, Lavitola's lawyer dismissed it as conjecture. However, he added that it is "intuitive" that Ranucci would have understood who was behind the attack following the event.

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conjectures.

Lavitola's legal team is preparing to submit a new request for the review of his pre-trial detention measures early next week. They are also considering supplementing his testimony and requesting a new interrogation. Cola is scheduled to visit Lavitola, a former entrepreneur, at Rebibbia prison on Saturday.

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it is intuitive that after the attack Ranucci had understood who the instigator was.