(ANSA) - ROME, APR 12 - A Monza Assize Court on Friday
sentenced Zakaria Atqaoui, 23, to 24 years in prison for
stabbing his ex-girlfriend Sofia Castelli, 20, to death on 29
July last in Cinisello Balsamo (Milan).
Prosecutors had asked for life imprisonment.
"It is a severe but still unjust sentence", commented the
victim's family's lawyers.
Italy is enduring a wave of femicides. (ANSA).
Ex boyfriend gets 24 yrs for murdering Sofia Castelli
Prosecutors had asked for life for Zakaria Atqaoui