An Italian bank manager on
Wednesday saw his jail term for killing his partner halved to 16
years on appeal.
When he killed the woman in may 2017, the appeals court
ruled, Francesco Carrieri was "mentally semi-infirm".
At the first-instance trial Carrieri was sentenced to 30
years in jail for aggravated murder.
Bank manager Carrieri, 56, killed his 47-year-old partner,
a teacher at Rome's historic German School, by bashing her head
in with a gym weight in their home near Rome's iconic Spanish
Steps on May 1, 2017.
The femicide took place in Vicolo del Babbuino, between
Piazza di Spagna and Piazza del Popolo.
Carrieri was said to have been angry that Michela Di Pompeo
had told him she was going to leave him.
Their relationship had lasted about a year and a half.
Di Pompeo's colleagues at Rome's prestigious Deutsche Schule
Rom voiced "great consternation and uncontainable sadness" at
losing a "beloved" friend and colleague.
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