Trial opens in Italy student murder case that opened eyes to femicide
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Rome: A major femicide trial opened in Italy Monday, after the brutal murder of a university student by her ex boyfriend that triggered outrage and na...
Rome: A major femicide trial opened in Italy Monday, after the brutal murder of a university student by her ex-boyfriend that triggered outrage and national soul-searching over the roots of male violence against women.
The stabbing in November of Giulia Cecchettin, 22, a biomedical engineering student at the University of Padua, cast a grim spotlight on femicide in Italy, where the vast majority of victims are killed at the hands of their current or former partners.
The accused, Filippo Turetta, 22, did not appear in the Venice courtroom on Monday.
But Turetta, who risks life in prison, has previously confessed before a judge to the murder of Cecchettin.
With the prosecution and defence deciding not to call witnesses, the court decided that the verdict should be handed down on December 3.
