A Rome appeals court on Tuesday
upheld a 30-year jail term for Manuel Foffo for murdering young
Roman man Luca Varani for kicks during a drug and alcohol
fuelled binge in March 2016.
The sentence upheld a fast-track trial sentence issued by a
preliminary hearings judge in February 2017.
The other man standing trial, Marco Prato, committed suicide
in his jail cell in June 2017.
Foffo and Prato originally told investigators they tortured
Varani so that he would have a slow death.
"We just wanted to kill someone to see what effect it had
on us," Foffo allegedly said after the pair allegedly tortured,
beat and stabbed Varani, 23, to death during a cocaine-fueled
party on March 4 2016.
They had looked for a victim for at least 48 hours prior to
choosing Varani and inviting him over to Foffo's flat,
investigators said.
An autopsy has determined he was struck some 30 times with
a knife and a hammer before dying of shock from blood loss.
photo: Varani
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