Absolutely amazing. Let's go through that logic bit by bit:
"It should therefore be considered that the taking of the telephones and the locking of the door of Meredith’s room were aimed at preventing someone [415] from prematurely entering the English student’s room and discovering what had happened in there, and this, probably, because of the need to check for possible compromising traces left behind, and the necessity, in that case, of eliminating these traces."
So Massei reasons that Meredith's door was locked so that Knox and Sollecito could go back later and clean up the murder room which contained "compromising traces" of the murderers. Only, there's no evidence of a clean-up whatsoever in Meredith's room itself.
"A plan which, as has been said, is confirmed by the testimony of Quintavalle: entering the shop which also sold cleaning products at opening time, shows an unquestionable urgency which is easily explained by the objective indicated, [and] all the more so because that going into [the shop] and at such an early hour, was denied by the defendant Amanda Knox."
The fact that Knox denied going into the shop at that early hour on that day is indicative to Massei of there having been nefarious reasons for her being there at all. Never mind that the prosecution's witness in this regard did not remember Knox's presence when asked about it by the police some two weeks after the murder, yet remembered tiny details of Knox's visit over a year later.
"This action of checking and cleaning was carried out, therefore, in the very early hours of the morning of 2 November. And also this circumstance constitutes a clue to the charge of both defendants: of both because it must have been a common [joint] decision, taken at the time the mobile phones were taken and Meredith’s room was locked; carrying out [the task of going to the store] was entrusted to Amanda alone since, if they had been together, and someone had seen them at that time of the morning, they would have been far more noticeable and if they had met anyone who knew them, they would have most likely have had to give an explanation."
Massei firstly reasons - somehow - that the decision to buy necessary cleaning fluids at the store must have been taken before midnight on the 1st. Then he makes the extraordinary logical deduction that they decided that Knox alone should go to the store, since two people going shopping together in the early morning are much more noticeable (to Massei) than one, and two people together would have to give an "explanation" (according to Massei) of why they were in the shop - whereas apparently Knox alone would not have had to give such an "explanation" had she been recognised.
"That this action of cleaning could have been carried out the same night, immediately after the murder, seems difficult to hypothesise. To linger on in the house where Meredith’s body lay could have been risky. On the contrary, returning in the morning would have allowed [them] to do the cleaning under better conditions and with more time available;"
So Massei reckons that it would have been unacceptably risky for Knox and Sollecito to conduct the clean-up during the night hours, whereas they would have had "more time"(?!!!) if they started the clean-up at 8am, and it would also - according to Massei's logic - have been less risky for them to conduct the clean-up at this time. Riiiiiight.........
"....it is also possible that more cleaning products were needed, as the visit to Quintavalle’s shop leads us to believe."
Except that it's almost certain that no cleaning products were bought that morning even if Knox were there (and in fact it's more likely that Knox wasn't in the shop at all).
"Furthermore, once the mobile phones had been taken, and the door had been locked, there would have been no compelling reason not to put off the cleaning until early the next morning. If anyone had arrived at the house (Silenzi, for example) the closed door would have convinced him or her that Meredith was not in her room, and the impossibility of hearing Meredith’s phones ring would not have given rise to any suspicion."
No commentary needed here. Arrant nonsense.
