Man gets six years for killing dad to defend mum from abuse

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 13 - A young Italian man got more than six years in jail on appeal Wednesday for killing his father near Turin in summer 2020 while defending his mother from an umpteenth instance of domestic abuse in their home near the Piedmont capital.
    The man, Alex Pompa, had been acquitted at the first-instance trial on grounds of self-defence but was given six years, two months and 20 days by the Turin appeals court.
    Pompa was convicted of homicide at Collegno (Turin) aftre he stabbed his father, Giuseppe, to death in defence of his mother during yet another family quarrel. (ANSA).