At risk of infection from Coronavirus, Melicucco boss from prison to house arrest
April 10, 2020

The Court of Appeal of Reggio Calabria, at the request of the lawyers Guido Contestabile and Angelo Sorace, granted house arrest for health reasons to the alleged boss of the 'ndrangheta of Melicucco, center of the Plain of Gioia Tauro, Rocco Santo Filippone , 72 years old .

Filippone, a trusted man of the Piromalli clan, is accused in the Court of Assizes in the '' Ndrangheta massacre 'trial, with the ex-chief of command of Brancaccio of Palermo Giuseppe Graviano, following an investigation into the ' Ndrangheta-Cosa Nostra ' relationship in the massacre strategy of the early 90s coordinated by the deputy attorney of the Dda of Reggio Giuseppe Lombardo.

The provision, which will be in force until the Coronavirus emergency persists - the lawyers say - was necessary for the "particularly risky conditions" of their client who is suffering from serious cardio-vascular diseases, as also attested by sanitary facilities of the Turin prison of the 'Vallette' where Filippone was restricted.

Rocco Santo Filippone, whom the investigators of the Reggio Calabria District Prosecutor identify as "the ambassador for private affairs" of the Piromalli gang, and nicknamed "the monk" for his confidentiality, is called to answer for mafia association and to have coordinated the double murder of the carabinieri Antonino Fava and Vincenzo Garofalo on 18 January 1994 near the Scilla motorway junction, in the more general framework of the attempt to disarticulate the state.

The double murder, according to the testimony of the collaborator of justice Consolato Villani, was carried out by Giuseppe Calabrò, nephew of Filippone, known in the 'ndrangheta as a ruthless killer and feared for his propensity to carry out particularly serious criminal actions. Rocco Santo Filippone was assigned to house arrest at his son's home in Rivoli, in the province of Turin.