Top, from left to right: Chima Alinno, Brian Minteh and Mamaodu Gara. Bottom: Yussef Salia.

The fact that this happened in Italy (instead of, say, Britain or Sweden) gives me hope that the sentences will at least be adequate.

Here’s hoping they’ll end up in the same prison as Luca Traini & friends.

Breitbart:

Four African migrants face charges of voluntary homicide, aggravated sexual violence, and distribution of illegal narcotics to a minor, one year after teen Desirée Mariottini was found dead in Rome.

The four men, Yussef Salia, Mamaodu Gara, Brian Minteh, and Chima Alinno, saw their first hearing this week with one of the defendants, Mamaodu Gara, complaining to the court of the absence of an interpreter during a prior hearing in October, Il Giornale reports.

“I am not responsible for the death of this girl, I ask her mother and family for forgiveness and excuse, and I respect their pain,” Yussef Salia told the court.

The court also heard from witnesses. Some said they had been the ones who had attempted to contact emergency services to help the 16-year-old but claim the suspects prevented them from doing so. The next hearing has been scheduled for January 15th.

The alleged murder of Ms Mariottini shocked much of Italy when prosecutors claimed that the migrants involved had purposely given her a number of drugs that would lead to her overdose and death and took turns raping her.

Her body was discovered in an abandoned building on Via dei Lucani in the San Lorenzo district of Rome in October 2018. In the investigation that followed, investigators found several witnesses, mainly homeless drug addicts, who said they saw the sex attacks.

Desirée Mariottini.

Desiree Mariottini.

Earlier this week, we learned that a group of “migrants” had drugged, raped and murdered an Italian teenager.

Since then, four people have been arrested for the crime: two Senegalese, one Nigerian and… whatever this creature turns out to be.

Voice of Europe:

A fourth suspect in the murder and rape case of the 16-year-old Desiree Mariottini has been arrested in the Italian city of Foggia today, Italian media report.

Earlier already three migrants were arrested: Two Senegalese and a Nigerian. The two Senegalese men, Mamadou Gara, 26 and Brian Minteh, 43, were arrested on Wednesday. Yesterday a 40-year old unnamed suspect was arrested as well.

The men face charges of sexual group violence, selling drugs and voluntary manslaughter.

“Two illegal immigrants were held last night for the rape and death of Desiree, two others are wanted,” Interior Minister and Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini said on Twitter Thursday.

“Thank you to the police. I will do everything so that the worms guilty of this horror pay in full for their vileness, with no restraint,” he added.