Article #19447

Fresh DNA evidence in the killing of Chiara Poggi has brought a previously investigated suspect back under scrutiny, raising questions over the conviction

A suspect in a case that has captivated Italy for almost 19 years has been summoned for questioning by prosecutors, in a development that could expose one of the country’s most significant miscarriages of justice and free the person who has spent more than a decade in prison for the crime.

Andrea Sempio is accused of killing Chiara Poggi, a 26-year-old economics graduate, at her home in Garlasco, a small town close to Milan in northern Italy, on 13 August 2007, allegedly because she rejected his sexual advances.