A university student who was
almost blinded when acid was thrown in his face last November
told a trial court Friday he didn't see whether his attacker was
a man or a woman.
"It was someone shorter than me, but I can't say if it was
a man and a woman," he said in testimony at the trial of Martina
Levato, 22, a former student at Milan's private Bocconi
University, and her boyfriend Alexander Boettcher, a 30-year-old
real estate broker.
Both are already serving 14-year sentences for a December
28 acid attack on Levato's ex-boyfriend Pietro Barbini, who
risks losing the use of his right eye and was left with
third-degree burns to his face and body.
Savi told the court his attacker wore jeans, a dark hoody
and a scarf covering his or her face.
"I don't study any more because I can barely see," Savi
added.
"I'm blind in one eye and almost blind in the other. I've
had 12 skin grafts".
Prosecutors believe the couple attacked Savi because they
had seen him in a night club and mistook him for their intended
victim - Giuliano Carparelli, another ex-boyfriend of Levato.
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