Fifth hearing of the trial for the murder of Rosa Alfieri, the 22-year-old from Grumo Nevano, killed by the convicted confrere Elpidio D'Ambra, 31, in the early afternoon of February 2022, XNUMX.
A crime that took place in the defendant's home, which is located in the same courtyard where the victim lived. On the witness stand, before the judges of the second section of the Court of Assizes of Napoli (president Concetta Cristiano, associate judge Paola Scandone) Cristina Salas Martinez, mother of the defendant called by the defense of Elpidio D'Ambra.
The woman, of Spanish origin, described the life of her son, beaten as a child by his very violent father, who died of an overdose. In the long hearing lasting about an hour, the mother of the accused described her son as a man with mental health problems, subject to frequent crises of absences.
During the exhibition, Cristina Salas Martinez, crying, she also stated that she was not there to defend her son, who deserved a harsh punishment, and that she understood the pain of the victim's parents.
From the cross-examination of the Public Prosecutor Rossana Esposito and the civil party lawyer Carmine Busiello, it later emerged that after returning to Italy from Spain where he had served five years in prison for robberies, Of Amber he had lived with his mother for only a couple of weeks.
The president adjourned the trial for February 17: on that occasion the defendant will be heard. For Rosa Alfieri's father, who left the courtroom in tears, it was another very hard day, also because tomorrow is the first anniversary of his daughter's murder.
Tomorrow mass in memory of Rosa Alfieri one year after her assassination
The girl will be remembered tomorrow at 18 pm at the Basilica of San Tammaro where a mass of suffrage will be celebrated by parish priest Don Carmine Spada.
Article published on 31 January 2023 - 20:56
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