2023-11-15 07:07:44
Italy: In one of the rare verdicts, the Italian court acquitted the murder suspect. A 35-year-old man who stabbed his girlfriend 57 times was acquitted by the Turin Surveillance Court. The release was ordered on the grounds that the youth’s life would be threatened if he remained in jail.
Demonic murder
35-year-old Italian Dimitri Fricano killed his 25-year-old girlfriend Erica Pretti in 2017. The murder took place while the two were vacationing in Sardinia. According to the police report in the court, the dispute over bread powder resulted in the murder.
When Erika was eating, bread dust fell on the table, which irritated her boyfriend. There would be an argument between the two and it would lead to violence. According to Fricano’s guilty plea, the two allegedly got into an argument and Erika attacked him with a paperweight. He then took a knife and stabbed his girlfriend 57 times and left her to die.
Fricano initially refused to admit to the murder. He said that the robbers killed his girlfriend. But at the end of the loophole interrogation, he admitted the crime. ‘She abused me over the bread dust and then hit me on the head. So I killed her’ was his confession.
Trial and Punishment
At the end of the trial, Fricano was sentenced to 30 years by the Italian court in 2019. But due to covid he was not immediately put in jail. Fricano will be sent to prison in April 2022. At this time Fricano weighed around 120 kg.
Fricanok, who was in jail, began to gain weight, which led to new developments. Within a year of his imprisonment, Fricano’s weight had ballooned to 200 kilograms. Fricano is currently unable to walk without crutches or a wheelchair. He is also a chain smoker. This also aggravated the health problems. The prison doctors who examined Fricano ruled that diet restriction was the solution to the problem.
Erica is pretty
After the new verdict
Fricano’s lawyer came before the court citing his health condition, behind the new verdict. The lawyer argued in the court that considering the dangerous health condition of the criminal, he should be released in the situation where his life is in danger. According to the judgment, the court accepted this and allowed the release because it was ‘unable to adapt to the conditions in prison’ and because imprisonment would endanger life’.
Fricano’s lawyers told the court that the accused suffers from a number of problems, including anxiety-depression and sleep apnea. According to doctors, he is prone to heart problems. To remedy this, you need to follow a special diet. But this cannot be given in jail. The Turin Surveillance Court accepted these arguments and released Fricano following a year in prison.
Erica Pretty’s family came out once morest the decision to release Fricano. They criticized the court’s verdict as shameful. ‘No one will give my baby back. But we are very disappointed that he was able to be released so quickly’ – Erica’s mother said.
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