(ANSA) - Genoa, October 18 - A Brazilian dancer suffering
domestic abuse was cleared of killing her Italian husband in
June 2017 because she acted in self-defence, a Genoa court found
Thursday.
Alessia Mendes, 40, killed Alessio Rossi, 35, after a row.
Mendes said she killed Rossi because he was beating her for
the umpteenth time.
It later emerged he had been reported twice for mistreatment
and bodily harm.
The prosecutor had requested a 16-year sentence.
Dancer cleared of killing husband
Brazilian dancer had been domestic-abuse victim