(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 13 - A 50-year-old Verona man on Friday
confessed to stabbing his 51-year-old ex girlfriend in the back
several times with a kitchen knife Wednesday with the intention
of murdering her.
The man, Stefano Fattorelli, has been arrested on charges of
trying to murder Sandra Pegoraro, the woman who had left him.
Fattorelli has a history of violence against women and was found
guilty of murdering his then girlfriend Wilma Marchi in 1999.
A preliminary investigations judge (GIP) upheld his arrest
warrant and sent him to detention in jail. (ANSA).