Camorra feud after the murder in a nightclub in Posillipo, sentences for Paolo Di Lauro and 9 other bosses
From
Stefano Di Bitonto

«Cirù, how many children do you have? Do you have ten children? Then get it into your head that the death of my nephew is worth as much as the lives of your ten children." This is the emblematic phrase that describes the beginning of the little prince's feud , the death of Vincenzo Esposito , favorite nephew of the boss Licciardi. The phrase pronounced by Maria Licciardi to Paolo Di Lauro alias 'Ciruzz or millionaire' inaugurates the first major feud in the northern area. The conflict that would lead to Esposito's death arose from an altercation in a nightclub in Posillipo between the group attributable to the Licciardis and another close to the Prestieris included in the Di Lauro clan. A brawl then degenerated into a series of cross-revenge until Esposito's death.

The boss Paolo Di Lauro, indicated as the instigator of the murder of Francesco Fusco, one of the participants in the crime, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Thirty years for the brothers Guido and Raffaele Abbinante, life imprisonment also for Raffaele Perfetto 'colonel' of the Lo Russo clan .

As regards the other sentences, Rito Calzone received 18 years and 8 months for the murder of Ciro Cianciulli: thanks to the defensive line followed by his lawyer, the lawyer Luigi Senese, Calzone was recognized as having generic mitigating circumstances equivalent to premeditation . Among the others convicted are Ettore Sabatino 16 years, Giuseppe Lo Russo 20 years, Gennaro Trambarulo 20 years, Maurizio Prestieri 18 years, Antonio Leonardi 14 years.