Rome prosecutors on Wednesday
requested that Manuel Foffo be sentenced to 30 years in prison
for murder aggravated by cruelty and abject and futile motives
for the torture and killing of Luca Varani in the course of a
cocaine and alcohol-fueled binge last year.
They also requested that another man, Marco Prato, be sent to
trial for the same crimes.
Prato's case is being tackled separately from that of Foffo,
who has opted for a fast-track trial for the killing-for-kicks
murder.
Law students Foffo and Prato allegedly lured 20-something
acquaintance Varani to Foffo's apartment, strangled him with a
nylon cord, then bludgeoned him with a hammer and cut and
stabbed him with various knives at least 100 times, until he
bled to death.
The prosecution said the victim was chosen at random, and was
lured for the sole purpose of causing him physical harm and
death.
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