Calciopoli Watch: Luciano Moggi's SIM Card 'Confession' To Be Used In Court
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By Salvatore Landolina
May 12, 2010 3:49:00 PM
Former Juventus director Luciano Moggi appears to have scored an own goal after revealing he gave foreign SIM cards to referee designators, as Judge Teresa Casoria has granted a request by the prosecution to obtain evidence in which he made a confession.
During Tuesday's hearing at the Tribunal of Naples, the prosecution led by Giuseppe Narducci and Stefano Capuano lodged an appeal with the court to obtain the transmission of the 'Matrix' programme in which Moggi spoke about the SIM card allegations.
And their request has been granted by the court. The prosecution said that Moggi made "confessionary declarations in relation to the possession of SIM cards and he said he gave them to Paolo Bergamo, Pierluigi Pairetto and Romeo Paparesta, the father of former referee Gianluca".
During the next hearing, scheduled for May 25, the prosecution are likely to question Moggi on the SIM card affair in which he is alleged to have maintained a network of communications with designators and referees - something he has always denied in court.
That hearing should bring the prosecution examination to an end, and signal the beginning of the defence work in which Moggi's lawyers are expected to call in a number of witnesses in relation to the way in which the original investigation was carried out.
One of Moggi's lawyers, Maurilio Prioreschi, has raised new questions over the credibility of the original Calciopoli trial in 2006 in which the lead investigator, Colonel Auricchio, allegedly overlooked evidence.
"We want to bring home a result, and that is to aquit Moggi. The investigation was always aimed with one objective, to hit Juventus and Moggi," the lawyer told Tutti Pazzi Per La Juve.
"This was made clear by Auricchio himself. The investigation was not carried out properly and this is a crime."
Prioreschi seems certain that former Inter president Giacinto Facchetti had asked for a specific referee for one of their games.
"I think it was Facchetti who pronounced Collina's name, but whoever said it doesn't matter because that transcript has to be read like the rest," he added.
That particular call is being transcribed by Roberto Porto, the man tasked with transcribing all the calls that have been accepted by the court thus far.
As the trial in Naples continues, Juventus are looking at the possibility of applying for the revocation of the original sentences from 2006 in which they were stripped of two Scudetti and sent to Serie B.
Tuttosport claims Juventus lawyer Michele Briamonte is studying the law closely to see whether there is a possibility of having those sentences cancelled.