An Italian woman who
initially said her former boyfriend set her on fire on
hervdoorstep in January on Wednesday retracted her statement in
court, saying it wasn't him who poured petrol on her and lit it.
A preliminary hearings judge ordered further investigations
after the testimony of Ylenia Bonavera, 22, in favour of Alessio
Mantineo, 24.
Bonavera told neighbours on the night of the attack in
Messina on January 7-8 that Mantineo attacked her.
He was arrested after statements from witnesses and on the
basis of CCTV footage showing him buying a canister of petrol
from an automatic dispenser.
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