Novella jr is free. Now he could claim damages for unjust detention. Edoardo Novella, 42, was acquitted "because the fact does not constitute a crime" from the accusation of being one of the organic members of a criminal association. Novella is the son of Carmelo, head of the Lombardy 'ndrangheta killed 10 years ago in San Vittore Olona after daring to rebel against the Calabrian mother house.