The deputy attorney general Marisa Manzini asked the confirming of the life sentence for the alleged bosses Pino and Luciano Scalise, father and son, already convicted in the first instance as instigators of the murder of the lawyer Francesco Pagliuso which took place on the evening of 9 August 2016 in Lamezia Terme.

The crime would have been committed because the lawyer Pagliuso was held responsible by the Scalise family for having facilitated and favored their rival Domenico Mezzatesta both in the trial which saw the latter, together with his son Giovanni accused of the double murder of Giovanni Vescio and Francesco Iannazzo.