Pioltello disaster, only one conviction and 8 acquittals

Only one sentence of 5 years and 3 months, against Marco Albanesi, former head of the Brescia unit of RFI, and eight acquittals, including that of the former CEO of RFI Maurizio Gentile and of the company itself.

The trial of former managers, employees and technicians of Rete ferrovia italiana on the Pioltello train disaster of 25 January 2018, in which three women died and over 200 people were injured or suffered psychological trauma, has thus ended in the first instance. This was decided by the fifth criminal court of the Court of Milan. As for the acquitted defendants, the charges of negligent train disaster and manslaughter were dropped "for not having committed the act".

Some hypotheses about the injuries were dropped due to lack of complaint.

Emotion in the courtroom for Umberto Lebruto and Vincenzo Macello, respectively former director of Production of Rfi and former territorial director of Lombardy, both acquitted.

When the sentence was read, Lebruto and Macello burst into tears, hugged their lawyers and then left without making any statements.

No comment even from the passengers who were on board the regional train Cremona-Milan Porta Garibaldi on January 25, 2018. Five of them were present at the reading of the ruling and left the room without making any statement to the press.