Carol Maltesi was killed by her boyfriend while they were filming a pornographic film. the body after her murder avoided a life sentence, as the court ruled that the young woman was «uninhibited» and «used» it.
44-year-old Davide Fontana, a bank clerk, hit 26-year-old old Carol Maltesi hit with a hammer on the head 13 times and slit her throat with a knife.
He then cut her body into pieces and tried to burn them before hiding them in a freezer instead. In the end, he stuffed them into black plastic bags, which he threw into a ravine in the countryside.
The remains were not found until three months later, after which Fontana was charged with murder and put on trial.
He was sentenced to 30 years in prison last month, and the judges explained their decision in the case on Thursday, prompting immediate response in Italy, with critics calling it an example of blaming the victim.
The prosecutor's office demanded a life sentence.
The couple had a romantic relationship, but it soured when Maltesi announced that she wanted to leave the small town she lived in and move to Verona to reunite with her. a six-year-old son who lived there with his former partner.
Fontana bought a freezer to store Miss Maltesi's body. Photo: Newsflash
She worked as a saleswoman but began to dabble in the world of erotica, participating in sex shows and working as an escort.
The day she was killed, last January, she and Fontana were filming a pornographic video to her apartment.
A court in Busto Arzese, near Milan, found Fontana guilty of the murder, but ruled that it was not premeditated and did not involve excessive «cruelty», despite the horrific way in which he killed his girlfriend.
< p>The judges described Maltesi as «young and uninhibited», stating that Fontana felt «used» by her as she tried to promote her personal and professional perspectives.
He was reportedly deeply in love with her and was devastated when she announced she was leaving him.
He felt «a growing sense of disappointment knowing she was using him,» the judges wrote in explaining the judgment. their sentence.
Fontana was driven to murder «by the realization that he had lost the woman he loved.»
Carol Maltesi wanted to move to Verona to live closer to her son. Photo: Newsflash
But the judges' explanation was questioned by many, including the Italian media and the victim's relatives, who described the sentencing decision as shocking.
»Could the character of the victim be a mitigating circumstance to the murder?» the daily newspaper La Stampa asked on the front page on Friday.
Maltesi's relatives said they were «shocked and distrusted» by the verdict.
»The words of the judges damage the dignity of the victim» , family members told Corriere della Sera.
Annamaria Rago, a lawyer representing the family, said the judges allowed their decision to be influenced by Maltesi's involvement in the sex industry.
“If Carol had continued to work as a salesperson…Fontana would most likely have been sentenced to to life imprisonment,” she said.
The court verdict was also condemned by several women deputies.
“Not my problem”
But the senior judge in the case, Giuseppe Fazio, said that he would the same sentence, «even if she were a nun.»
“If people don’t understand the motive behind the sentence, then that’s definitely not my problem,” he told Corriere della Sera.
The attitude of the Italian justice system towards women came under scrutiny earlier this week when a court in Rome acquitted A 66-year-old school superintendent for groping a teenage schoolgirl on the grounds that it “only lasted a few seconds.”
The 17-year-old girl was walking up the stairs between classes when cleaner Antonio Avola put his hand in the waistband of her trousers and in her panties.
He was accused of sexual assault and put on trial. The prosecutor's office demanded a sentence of three and a half years in prison.
But the court ruled that his groping «lasted only five to 10 seconds» and that his hand did not «linger» on it. underwear for a very long time, deciding to drop the charge.
The verdict sparked an online outcry when thousands of social media users posted videos of them touching private parts with the hashtags #10seconds and #quickgrope .< /p>
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