SAN MARINO – A former doctor from the San Marino hospital, 47 years old at the time of the events and resident in Borgo Maggiore, now no longer a resident or employed by the ISS, was sentenced to one year and six months of prison, suspended sentence, for possession and use of narcotic substances. The sentence was pronounced yesterday by the Law Commissioner Vico Valentiniwith the granting of conditional suspension of the sentence and non-mention in the criminal record.
As reported by San Marino information in an article signed by Antonio Fabbri, the investigation began in the spring of 2024, after the discovery of a bar in which the owner had organized a “self-service” cocaine sales system, through a chest of drawers containing the doses requested by customers who took them and deposited the money.
The investigations also involved the woman, who according to the procedural reconstruction went to the premises twice a week to buy cocaine. During a search of his home, small quantities of cocaine, hashish and MDMA were found, believed to be intended for personal use.
Numerous road signs were also found in the courtyard, for which the charge of aggravated theft was contested. On this point the woman was acquitted due to insufficient evidence.
The Tax Prosecutor Roberto Cesarini he had asked for a sentence of one year and three months, while the defense was entrusted to the lawyer Linda Pagliaranihad requested a minimum sentence with the benefits of the law. For a second defendant, who had assumed responsibility for the consumption of the substances, the judge referred the documents to the preliminary investigation to evaluate the possible charge of self-slander or aiding and abetting.
