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“L‘they kicked and punched for no plausible reason. He wanted to make peace between two boys who were arguing, but they jumped on his body even when he was on the ground helpless ».
It is the story of the witnesses of the beating of Willy Monteiro Duartethe 21-year-old boy who died on the night of 6 September 2020 in Colleferro after being brutally attacked.
His only fault, trying to quell a fight unleashed by a heavy appreciation of a girl.
The brothers Marco and Gabriele Bianchi were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Willy Monteiro got the gold medal from the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.
The motivation is clear: “With exceptional selfless drive and extraordinary determination, giving proof of marked sensitivity and attention to the needs of others, intervened in defense of a friend in difficulty, trying to favor the peaceful solution of a heated discussion. While he did his utmost in this meritorious action of high civic value, he was hit by some subjects who arrived who began to rage repeatedly against him with unprecedented violence and continued to beat him even when he fell to the ground unconscious, until he tragically lost his life. . A shining example, even for the younger generations, of generosity, altruism, courage and uncommon civic sense, pushed to the extreme sacrifice“.
Also for this reason the words that sound like an offense Marco Bianchi wrote in the letter to Willy Monteiro’s mother Duarte, speaking on behalf of his brother Gabriel, a week before the sentence.
An awkward and desperate attempt for him – described by all as a bully “accustomed to beating people together with his” twin “, both martial arts champions, convicted of drug dealing” – to escape a severe sentence without ever showing repentance for what they had unleashed.
«We are not those guys who are making you believe, we are simple family and heart children, who if they make a mistake take on their own responsibilities. The greatest fear that does not give us peace is that of going to jail for a media event, not because we are guilty“.
The wiretapping of the interviews in prison and the accounts of the witnesses have shown that it is difficult for the two brothers to be considered “children of family and heart”. Willy was, they killed him.
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