Rome, Nov. 11 (LaPresse) – Costantino Bonaiuti has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Rome Court of Assizes of Appeal for the murder of his former partner Martina Scialdone. The court also recognised the aggravating circumstance of premeditation, which had previously been ruled out. Scialdone was killed on January 13, 2023, outside a venue in the Appio Latino district. The new ruling comes after the Court of Cassation ordered a second appeal trial, upholding the appeal lodged by the public prosecutor general. The key issue in the decision was the recognition of premeditation as an aggravating circumstance, which had been excluded in the previous trial. In the first instance, Bonaiuti had been sentenced to life imprisonment, while in the subsequent trial his sentence had been reduced to 24 years and eight months.
Scialdone femicide: defendant sentenced to life imprisonment again in retrial appeal
Rome, Nov. 11 (LaPresse) – Costantino Bonaiuti has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Rome Court of Assizes of Appeal for the murder of his former partner Martina Scialdone. The court also recognised the aggravating circumstance of premeditation, which had previously been ruled out. Scialdone was killed on January 13, 2023, outside a venue in the Appio Latino district. The new ruling comes after the Court of Cassation ordered a second appeal trial, upholding the appeal lodged by the public prosecutor general. The key issue in the decision was the recognition of premeditation as an aggravating circumstance, which had been excluded in the previous trial. In the first instance, Bonaiuti had been sentenced to life imprisonment, while in the subsequent trial his sentence had been reduced to 24 years and eight months.