A few months ago Court of Cassation it expressed itself on the appeal of a man against the conviction for the lack of diligence in the custody of weapons and ammunition. After some time the judges clarified their point of view. The sentence was appealed due to the statute of limitations: this person had been sentenced to seven months in prison and in Piazza Cavour the lawyers have relied on three aspects. First, most of the unattended cartridges were found in a location that it is not in the exclusive availability of man, but his father.
Furthermore, it was explained how the gun barrel cannot be considered the proceeds of a crime, but simply the part of an altered weapon. In addition, the cottage where the weapons were located was equipped with an appreciable protection from the incursions of strangers. The appeal was accepted. The Supreme Court recalled a previous detail, namely the annulment of a conviction for a pistol wrapped in a cloth with an unloaded magazine and placed on top of a wardrobe.
In this case the cottage was closed well and the situations according to which it were not ascertained omitted custody is sanctioned autonomously. Other sentences had acquitted defendants who had behaved in the same way, important precedents and which could not be ignored. The prescription (5 years), finally, affected the decision of the Supreme Court judges.