17-Year-Old Sentenced to 20 Years for the Murder of Musician Giovanbattista Cutolo in Naples

The seventeen-year-old accused of the murder of Giovanbattista Cutolo, the 24-year-old musician killed last August 31st in Naples, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The decision was made by the judge of the Juvenile Court of Naples, accepting the request made by the prosecutor. The boy's lawyer had requested probation for the boy, but the prosecutor opposed it. Giogiò's mother, Daniela Di Maggio, accuses the defendant: "What repentance? He even challenged me in court, all polished up. If he had been 18, I would have asked for life imprisonment." Giogiò Cutolo, the letter from the mother to Sanremo: "He will live through the music he loved and that will make him eternal." What had happened: The murder took place in Piazza Municipio, in the heart of Naples. The body of the 24-year-old boy, Giovambattista Cutolo, who had no criminal record and was a musician in the Scarlatti Young orchestra, was found lifeless at dawn. The young man was killed with three gunshots. The murderer is the son of a man with a criminal record, but for crimes not related to organized crime. The motive: A poorly parked scooter was the motive for the heinous crime. Crucial for the mobile squad of Naples, which is investigating the incident, were the images from the area's video surveillance systems. The victim was in the company of his girlfriend when the fight broke out. The assassin fired three shots and was stopped by officers around 5 this morning. The dynamics of the murder have been reconstructed. The fight: The victim was in the company of his girlfriend and a group of friends when they encountered a second group of young people with whom a quarrel erupted over trivial reasons. A double-parked moped was the spark for the dispute. The assassin: The alleged murderer, at the time of the argument, was standing aside. Then suddenly - and the scene was reportedly captured by a street surveillance camera - he approached the 'rival' group, pulling out a gun, which has not yet been found, and firing three shots in quick succession, hitting Cutolo in the back.