A former cinema dressmaker who acted
as seamstress for Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni and Alberto
Sordi was jailed in Rome last week after stabbing her husband at
the age of 84.
The woman, whose first name was given as Loretta, was placed in
the infirmary at Rebibbia Prison, said Lazio inmate guarantor
Gabriella Stramaccioni.
Stramaccioni has criticised the decision to send someone of that
age to jail.
"She was taken away in her pyjamas without the possibility of
bringing anything with her, not even her false teeth," she said.
"At such a dramatic time for prison overcrowding, how can you
think of jailing such an elderly woman?
"Perhaps there weren't alternatives in that moment, but
alternatives must be thought of and constructed".
Stramaccioni said she had found Loretta a place in a hoime run
by Catholic nuns and hoped to get her booked in there later
Tuesday.
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