![]() “Will Scottish officials actually go there and check he’s locked up until November 7 when I’ve been told he’s to be released?” ![]() She questioned: “What is to stop Italian authorities giving Ciociola an early release because he’s on home soil? ![]() It is understood Ciociola’s extradition to his home country was a condition set by the Italian authorities when he was sent to Scotland for trial.īut Ms Smith said: “Every victim deserves to know they matter and the fairest way to do that is ensure the person responsible is sentenced fairly, the crash happened here so Ciociola should serve time here.” “In early June I got an FYI letter from the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) about Ciociola’s secret extradition, and that’s what made me feel like I have to speak up as the SPS didn’t make this deal, the Crown did, so the Crown should have to justify it.” In a statement released by her lawyers Ms Smith said: “In the last five years I’ve stayed quiet and trusted the justice system to deliver but it hasn’t. Morag Smith (left) with her partner Evalyn Collie who tragically died in the incident. Ms Smith, speaking publicly for the first time since the crash, said she had recently received a letter from the Scottish Prison Service about Ciociola’s “secret extradition”. Two people in the rented Fiat minibus Ciociola was driving were also killed in the accident, which took place on the A96 between Huntly and Keith in July 2018, with the Italian’s four-year-old son, Lorenzo, and fellow passenger Frances Saliba, 63, among the victims. Ms Collie, 69, was killed in the crash, together with the other passengers in Ms Smith’s Nissan X-Trail, Ted Reid, 63, and Audrey Appleby, 70.
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