Man strangles wife, hangs self

(ANSA) - Messina, July 6 - A man strangled his wife and hanged himself near Messina on Friday. The 53-year-old pastry chef, Nicola Siracusa, murdered 48-year-old Maria Carmela Isgrò at Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, police said.
    The woman, a council worker, was killed after a row, police said.
    The couple, legally separated and with a daughter, lived on different floors in the same building.
    The woman had reported domestic abuse in the past.