A 26-year-old Romanian man and a
27-year-old Romanian friend were arrested Sunday on suspicion of
staging the hanging of the man's 25-year-old Moldovan girlfriend
near Catania.
Police said the pair tried to make it look like the victim, who
was named as Vera Schiopu, had committed suicide.
Her lifeless body was found in the house in the country at
Ramacca near Catania where she lived.
Police said the case was one of simulation of a suicide
committed by the man, a labourer, and his friend.
An investigation was opened after the man reported his
girlfriend as dead by suicide.
The probe flagged inconsistencies which led police to conclude
that the act had been staged.
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