'Teenaged murderer' released after 10 years
(ANSA) - Brescia, December 6 - A young woman convicted for one of the last decade's most sensational murder cases in Italy was released Tuesday after 10 years for stabbing her mother and 12-year-old brother to death when she was a teenager.
The case of Erika De Nardo, who has since turned 27, and her then boyfriend Mauro Favaro, riveted the Italian public when they were arrested for murdering Suzy Cassini and Gianluca De Nardo in 2001. Initial sympathy for Erika De Nardo, who claimed to be the sole survivor of a bloody massacre by house burglars, turned to horror as police discovered that she and Favaro had inflicted a total of nearly 100 stab wounds on the victims. De Nardo was sentenced to 16 years for the murders and Favaro to 14.
Both defendants, who entered pleas of temporary mental infirmity, served reduced time.
The case of Erika De Nardo, who has since turned 27, and her then boyfriend Mauro Favaro, riveted the Italian public when they were arrested for murdering Suzy Cassini and Gianluca De Nardo in 2001. Initial sympathy for Erika De Nardo, who claimed to be the sole survivor of a bloody massacre by house burglars, turned to horror as police discovered that she and Favaro had inflicted a total of nearly 100 stab wounds on the victims. De Nardo was sentenced to 16 years for the murders and Favaro to 14.
Both defendants, who entered pleas of temporary mental infirmity, served reduced time.