An Italian man who tried
to kill his ex-wife by setting her on fire last year on Monday
got 18 years in jail for attempted murder.
Ciro Russo was arrested on March 12 last year a few hours after
the attack in Reggio Calabria.
The victim, Antonietta Rositani, suffered severe burns after
Russo set fire to her car with her inside outside an artistic
high school in the Calabrian capital.
Russo, from Ercolano near Naples, had escaped from house arrest
for a string of petty crimes.
The incident happened in front of many students.
The criminal approached the car and the woman
tried to flee but drove into a wall in her panic.
The man then poured flammable liquid into the vehicle and lit
it before running away.
The woman was rushed to the Ospedali Riuniti Hospital in Reggio
Calabria with serious burns while the man went on the lam before
being arrested a few hours later.
It was the latest in a series of such 'femicide' attacks in
Italy.
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