The judges of the Lecce Court of Appeal have confirmed the life sentence for Antonio De Marco, the 23-year-old student from Casarano who confessed to the murder of the Lecce referee. Daniel De Santis and his girlfriend Eleonora Manta.
The two were massacred on the evening of September 21, 2020 with 79 stab wounds - 'because they were happy' - as the murderer himself revealed after his arrest.
The double homicide took place in the house on Via Montello, in Lecce, where on the same day the two fiancés had gone to live together alone and which they had shared with their murderer for months.
"Today I am a little happier. No one will be able to give me my daughter back, but today Daniele and Eleonora have had justice." This is how Eleonora Manta's mother, Rossana Carpentieri, welcomed in court the sentence that confirmed on appeal the life sentence for Antonio De Marco, the 23-year-old student from Casarano who confessed to the murder of the referee from Lecce Daniele De Santis and his girlfriend Eleonora Manta.
The two were massacred on the evening of September 21, 2020 with 79 stab wounds – in their home in Lecce.
In short
The judges of the Lecce Court of Appeal have upheld the life sentence for Antonio De Marco, the 23-year-old student from Casarano who confessed to the murder of Lecce referee Daniele…
- The two were massacred on the evening of September 21, 2020, with 79 stab wounds—'because they were happy'—like the same…
- The double homicide occurred in the house on Via Montello, in Lecce, where the two fiancés had gone that same day…
- No one can give me my daughter back, but today Daniele and Eleonora got justice."
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The judges of the Lecce Court of Appeal have upheld the life sentence for Antonio De Marco, the 23-year-old student from Casarano who confessed to...
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The two were massacred on the evening of September 21, 2020, with 79 stab wounds—'because they were happy'—like the same…
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The double homicide occurred in the house on Via Montello, in Lecce, where the two lovers had gone to live together that same day…
