Italy's supreme Cassation Court on
Friday explained why it upheld a second appeals sentence of 20
years against former army corporal major Salvatore Parolisi for
murdering his wife Melania Rea, who was stabbed 35 times in a
wood near Teramo on April 11, 2011.
Parolisi's "falseness and duplicity" eventually gave rise
to a homicidal fury when his wife discovered he was having an
affair, the judges said.
The sentence, which was upheld on June 13, is now
definitive.
It was the second time the Cassation Court had ruled in
the case. In the past it voiced doubts on the aggravating
element of cruelty, saying the multiple stab wounds indicated he
wanted to inflict "violent pain" with the aim of killing her,
but that "the mere reiteration of blows (albeit considerable)
cannot be considered" as an aggravating factor of cruelty.
The second appeals court went along with this view,
reducing Parolisi's original sentence from 30 to 20 years.
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