Man kills wife after 20 years of abuse in new femicide

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 14 - An alarming spate of femicides in Italy continued on Saturday when a 55-year-old man, Franco Panariello, stabbed to death his wife Concetta Marruocco, 53, in the town of Cerreto d'Esi, near Ancona.
    Panariello reportedly got his daughter, a minor, to call the Carabinieri police after killing Marruocco.
    The couple were separating.
    Panariello was already on trial for allegedly subjecting Marruocco and her three children to over 20 years of mistreatment.
    A hearing last month was told about Panariello's alleged physical and psychological abuse and fits of extreme anger.
    In a separate case, a 57-year-old woman is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed in the throat by her partner.
    The man tried to flee but was arrested.
    Photo: a file image of Carabinieri police. (ANSA).