Brutal killing of Giulia Cecchettin, 22, triggered protests across country and cast grim spotlight on femicide in Italy
Giulia Cecchettin was stabbed more than 70 times before her body was dumped in a ditch close to a lake north of Venice in November last year.Giulia Cecchettin was stabbed more than 70 times before her body was dumped in a ditch close to a lake north of Venice in November last year.
Turetta, Cecchettin’s ex-boyfriend, was arrested in Germany on 19 November 2023, the day after her body was found. He told Venice’s assize court in October that he had planned to kidnap and kill Cecchettin after she refused to get back together with him.The prosecutor Andrea Petroni had called for a life sentence, saying that Turetta had acted with “particular brutality”.
Cecchettin, a biomedical engineering student, disappeared on 11 November 2023 after going to a shopping mall in Marghera, accompanied by Turetta, to buy a dress for her upcoming graduation. Commenting on the verdict, her father, Gino, told reporters that “justice has been done according to the laws in force”. He added, however, that “as a society, we have all lost”.
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