Manager gets 9 yrs on appeal for drugging,raping student

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 5 - An Italian pharmaceuticals manager got nine years in jail Monday, cut from 12 and a half at the first-instance trial a year ago, for drugging and raping a 21-year female student he had lured to his Milan apartment on the promise of an internship in May 2021.
    Antonio Di Fazio is also a defendant in a separate trial on charges of drugging and abusing another five women including his ex-wife.
    Di Fazio, 51, was found guilty of slipping a benzodiazepine into his victim's drink and then raping her.
    Di Fazio took photos of his naked and unconscious victims after abusing them, police have said.
    He has been in a psychiatric facility since February last year, under house arrest.
    He is suffering from severe personality disorder. (ANSA).