The sister of Carmine 'Mino' Pecorelli, a muckraking journalist murdered in Rome on March 20, 1979, wants the case to be reopened, sources said Wednesday.
An appeal to reopen the case will be filed in Rome Thursday
by Rosita Pecorelli's lawyer, sources said.
The appeal is based on a past statement from former far-right
extremist militant Vincenzo Vinciguerra, they said.
The lawyer said fresh elements had emerged thanks to that
statement.
"I'm seeking the truth and I won't give in until I've
discovered it," Rosita Pecorelli said Wednesday.
Lawyer Valter Biscotti said "in my opinion there are elements
such as to enable further investigations.
"It is action that is due to (Mino) Pecorelli, to keep
seeking the truth".
Late statesman Giulio Andreotti was given 24 years in jail
for allegedly ordering the murder before being acquitted on
appeal.
The Christian Democrat giant had been accused of wanting the
journalist dead because Pecorelli was allegedly about to publish
damaging revelations about him.
Andreotti, who died in 2013 aged 84, was convicted of helping
the Sicilian Mafia until 1980 but the conviction timed out.
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