A man who set his eight-month
pregnant girlfriend on fire told prosecutors Wednesday he could
have killed her, but wanted to ruin her face instead because she
was beautiful.
"I had no intention of killing Carla...after setting her on
fire I could have run her over and I didn't," said Paolo
Pietropaolo, 40.
"I wanted to disfigure her because she is a very beautiful
girl".
Carla Ilenia Caiazzo, 38, sustained third-degree burns to
her face and upper body and is fighting for her life at Naples'
Cardarelli Hospital burns unit, where doctors said Tuesday she
has a 50% chance of survival.
Doctors on Monday delivered her premature baby after a
neighbor rescued Caiazzo - who was repeatedly punched, then
doused with alcohol and set alight - by putting out the flames
while Pietropaolo fled the scene in his car.
The baby is in stable condition.
The incident took place Monday in the street in front of
the couple's home in the town of Pozzuoli, near Naples. The
attacker was arrested later that day at Formia, between Naples
and Rome, where he had a car accident.
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