An Italian woman has been placed
under investigation for false witness after initially
saying her former boyfriend set her on fire on her doorstep in
January of last year only to retract her statement in court,
saying it wasn't him who poured petrol on her and lit it.
A prosecutor said he was probing Ylenia Bonavera, 22, for
making false statements in favour of Alessio Mantineo, 24, and
allegedly perverting the course of justice.
Bonavera told neighbours on the night of the attack in
Messina on January 7-8 2017 that Mantineo attacked her.
He was arrested after statements from witnesses and on the
basis of CCTV footage showing him buying a canister of petrol
from an automatic dispenser.
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