Valle d'Aosta Region

'Ndrangheta, house arrest granted to lawyer Bagalà
The professional had been in prison for over two years
AOSTA , 02 April 2024, 10:14

ANSA editorial team

In recent days, the court of Lamezia Terme ordered the release of the lawyer Maria Rita Bagalà, granting her house arrest at her home in Valle d'Aosta.

Defended by lawyer Aldo Ferraro, the professional is among the 29 defendants in Calabria in the Alibante trial, following an investigation by the Catanzaro DDA into the alleged 'Ndrangheta gang headed by her father, Carmelo Bagalà.
The lawyer had been in prison for over two years.

Arrested in May 2021 as part of the investigation, she was placed under house arrest in Valle d'Aosta. Then, in January 2022, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeal against the precautionary detention decided two months earlier by the Catanzaro Review: thus the prison doors were opened.
Meanwhile, the first degree trial in Lamezia Terme continues: the next hearing is set for July, to hear witnesses from the public prosecution. The sentencing date has not yet been set.