Filippo Turetta on Tuesday got life
imprisonment for murdering his ex girlfriend Giulia Cecchettin
in November last year in a femicide that shocked Italy for its
brutality and the young age of the protagonists and forced a
reckoning with the issues of femicide and gender violence in the
country.
Turetta, 23, had admitted to stabbing Cecchettin, 22, to death
at Fossò, near Venice, on November 11, 2023, days before she was
due to graduate from Padua University in biomedical engineering.
Turetta, who was doing the same course as Cecchettin, stabbed
her 75 times.
Turetta was present in court on Tuesday as was the victim's
father Gino Cecchettin, who is among the civil plaintiffs in the
trial.
Cecchettin was reported missing on the day she was murdered
after she met up with Turetta and went for a meal with him.
Her body was found in a gully at Val Caltea, near Lake Barcis in
Friuli, on November 18, 2023 .
Turetta went on the run after dumping the corpse.
He was tracked down to the side of a road near Leipzig, Germany
after he ran out of money and his car ran out of petrol, a week
after the murder.
Speaking at her funeral in December, Gino Cecchettin said he
hoped his daughter's death might mark a turning point in the
fight against gender-based violence in Italy.
Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara, who had already committed
to tackling the issue, subsequently sent a circular letter to
schools inviting them to get pupils to reflect on his words.
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