A 53-year-old man was arrested Friday for allegedly murdering his 50-year-old girlfriend on Sardinia last month. Ansa reports that the woman, Speranza Ponti, from Uri, went missing in mid December. Her body was found Friday in Alghero, in a residential area that includes the exclusive Resort Vista Blu. The man, who denies all charges, is being held in Bancali Prison at Sassari.
In another case a 27-year-old man shot dead his 48-year-old ex and her 27-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself at Mussomeli near Caltanissetta overnight, police said Friday. The man, Michele Noto, was unable to accept that his relationship with Rosalia Mifsud was over, police said. This was despite their having had only a brief relationship, police said. The woman’s daughter was named as Monica Di Liberto, she ws born from a previous marriage.
In another case a 38-year-old Pakistani man was arrested Friday on suspicion of murdering his 28-year-old pregnant wife at Versciaco in Alto Adige on Thursday. The man was named as Mustafa Zeeshan. The victim, Fatima Zeeshan, was probably punched and kicked to death, police said after examining the body and finding severe bruising all over it.
In another case a woman was beaten to death in Mazara del Vallo, western Sicily, over three days earlier this week in her home, sources said Thursday. Her husband has been arrested by police after the couple’s neighbours alerted them. The woman had previously reported her husband to the police for domestic violence, with the last time in April. At least twice she later retracted the complaints.
Cassation Court Prosecuror General Giovanni Salvi said Friday there had been a “striking” rise in femicides in recent years: 131 in 2017, 135 in 2018 and 103 last year.
