The trial of Filippo Turetta for the
brutal murder last year of 22-year-old former girlfriend Giulia
Cecchettin, a case that shocked Italy and highlighted its
problem with femicide and gender-based violence, began in Venice
on Monday.
Turetta, 22, has confessed to stabbing Cecchettin to death at
Fossò, near Venice, on November 11, 2023, days before she was
due to graduate from Padua University in biomedical engineering
The case caused widespread dismay partly because of the
brutality of the killing and also because of the young age of
the perpetrator and victim.
Prosecutors says Turetta, who was doing the same course was
Cecchettin, stabbed her 75 times.
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