Chiara’s brother, interviewed on «Quarto Grado», speaks for the first time after 19 years. Here are the previews broadcast on Garlasco
Almost 19 years have passed since the last time Marco Poggi spoke out about his sister’s murder. Now that the investigations into his friend Andrea Sempio, considered guilty by the Pavia Prosecutor’s Office, have ended, Chiara’s brother has finally decided to break the silence. The episode of Fourth Degree on Friday 5 June will see him as the protagonist of a long interview. In a preview of the latter, broadcast in the last hours by the broadcast itself, Marco expressed all his pain and bitterness. In particular, he complained about how the Garlasco story has been told over the years. Without that delicacy, that respect and that confidentiality that would be due to the victim and his family, already consumed by a huge tragedy.
What Marco Poggi said about Garlasco
The previews of Fourth Degree they showed one of the most moving and also disturbing sides of the story: the emotions of Chiara’s brother, moved by his memory but outraged by the events of recent years, following the various investigations that followed. “The thing that I regret most is that they ruined Chiara’s image,” he declared.
It is important to remember that Marco Poggi has never been investigated, rather he represents the civil party in the legal proceedings. Yet, especially in recent months, numerous accusations and terrible speculations have emerged against him: «We started talking about me too, making assumptions. You know you can’t do anything about it, but it hurts,” he says sadly.
«I hope that one day we will finally be able to turn the page»
Poggi he also spoke about the new investigation relating to his childhood friend, Andrea Sempio. In this regard, he underlined how, with the reopening of the investigations, the family was forced to relive for the umpteenth time a frightening drama that time has failed to heal: «We found ourselves inside this story, perhaps more than before. I hope that one day we will finally be able to turn the page.”
THE’akme Unfortunately, the tragic nature of Chiara’s brother’s statements was reached when he mentioned the investigations and how news and indiscretions leaked out, and we contributed to building a distorted image of the protagonists, including himself and the victim. «For a year the death and life of my sister was played. Being considered involved hurt me a lot. Whoever was conducting the investigations could have stopped some reconstructions.” These are the previews broadcast so far. In the episode of Fourth Degreein which the full interview will be available, you will undoubtedly have a more complete picture, which expresses in full Marco Poggi’s feelings regarding the Garlasco affair.
