Partner of woman killed near Milan arrested

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 13 - Carabinieri police in Milan Friday served an arrest warrant in prison on a 43-year-old Polish man for allegedly killing his partner Hanna Herasimchyk, a 46-year-old Belarusian citizen in June.
    The man is charged with murder, aggravated by the fact that he cohabited with the victim, investigative sources said.
    The arrest warrant was issued by a preliminary investigations judge (GIP) in Milan.
    Herasimchyk's body was discovered at the couple's apartment in Pozzuolo Martesana near Milan on June 13.
    Postmortem results showed the woman had been abused and died of asphyxia.
    Friends of the victim said the couple's relationship was "conflictual" and the woman had confided in them that her partner abused her and had once beaten her "so violently that she had fainted", investigative sources.
    However, the victim had never reported the alleged abuse to the authorities. (ANSA).