Bologna, 12 February 2024 – The court decided: life sentence Giovanni Padovani28 years old from Senigallia, for the murder of his ex Alessandra Matteuzzi. The court also recognized all the aggravating circumstances contested for the former player: premeditationfutile motives, emotional bond e stalking. The 56-year-old woman was massacred on August 23, 2022 by blows hammer, kicks, punches and with one bench as he was returning home. She was surprised practically in the entrance hall of the house.
Padovani (video) played his last card in the courtroom, shortly before the sentence. Addressing the judges he said: “If you think that a normal person can kill you I ask that you sentence me to life imprisonmentOn the contrary: I intend it. But I wasn’t well, I wasn’t clear-headed and I committed the irreparable thing.”
22:08
Sister Stefania: justice is done
“It is not nice to give a life sentence, but if someone deserves it, severe sentences must be given: today justice was served for my sister“, he said Stefania, sister of Alessandra Matteuzzi at the microphones of ‘La Vita in Diretta’, the Rai1 program hosted by Alberto Matano, commenting on the sentence. Padovani “had the right to speak” and “I listened with respect“, just as I have always approached this process, with the values that my parents taught me, which my sister also had – explained Stefania – I wouldn’t have wanted to be here today either and I would have liked things to have gone differently , but he decided this and he must take his responsibilities – he concluded – As I have always said, I go forward only for justice: it is the only thing that can lead me to say ‘I’ll get up another day’ because otherwise it’s continuous agony, I’m destroyed“.
17:04
“He was lucid and planned everything”
“True justice would be for Alessandra to be here with us, she isn’t there, she’s in a cinerary urn and the person responsible is Giovanni Padovani. Who was shinythat has the murder was premeditated of his ex-partner”, is the bitter comment of civil party lawyer Chiara Rinaldi, who represents Alessandra Matteuzzi’s two grandchildren. “All the aggravating circumstances contested have been accepted, we have always hoped and believed. Today justice has taken its course,” she concluded.
14:52
Stefania’s desperate crying: “My sister is no longer here”
Shortly after the reading of the sentence, Stefania Matteuzzi is burst into tears. “Alessandra is no longer here, my sister there is no more: What do I do now?”, he said between sobs.
Stefania Matteuzzi’s desperate tears at the reading of the sentence on her sister’s murder (photo Schicchi)
13:46
Provisional payments for sister, mother and other civil parties
The Court also established interim provisions immediately enforceable from 100 thousand euros for the sister by Alessandra Matteuzzi, Stefania, and for the madre. Ten thousand euros instead for Alessandra’s two grandchildren and 5 thousand euros for the other civil parties. With regard to the damagesinstead, they will be paid separately.
The embrace between the mayor of Bologna Lepore and Stefania Matteuzzi, sister of the victim (photo Schicchi)
13:13
Mayor Lepore: “Justice for Alessandra”
The mayor of Bologna, a city that was a civil party in the trial, commented on the sentence: “Justice is done for Alessandra Matteuzzi and for all women who live in Bologna: know that the Municipality is at their side. It is a day of great sadness but also of certainty of punishment which is important in a country that continually turns its back on women and their lives.”
12:52
Life sentence for Giovanni Padovani
The former Senigallia footballer was sentenced all’ergastolo: the mayor of Bologna Matteo Lepore was also in the courtroom at the time of the sentence. This was established by the Assize Court of Bologna, presided over by judge Domenico Pasquariello after a couple of hours of deliberation. Confirmed for the former footballer aggravating of stalking, of the bond of emotional bond, of abject motives and of premeditationas requested by the Prosecutor’s Office.
11:48
The Court of Assizes in chambers, the verdict expected around 2pm
The Court of Assizes of Bologna she entered the council chamber to pass sentence on Giovanni Padovani. The Prosecutor’s Office and the civil parties, in their replies, underlined the presence of all the aggravating circumstances and their opposition to the granting of mitigating factors. The defense once again placed emphasis on the defendant’s lack of clarity at the time of the crime. The court will return to the hearing with the verdict around 2pm.
10:59
“Premeditation? We need linearity of intent”
“On the aggravating circumstance of premeditation – continues lawyer Bordoni -: jurisprudence requires one linearity of intent in premeditating a crime. But without the trigger caused on August 18, 2022 (Alessandra was killed on the 23rd, ndr) from the messages – although legitimate – and from the artificial photo published on social media by the woman, the Court is certain that the paroxysmal idea that had pervaded Padovani would have had the same tragic epilogue?”
10:49
Padovani’s lawyer: “Maximum respect for Alessandra”
Padovani’s lawyer, Gabriele Bordoni: “It hurts me a lot from a human and professional point of view that it is thought that this defense has ever conveyed the concept that ‘the victim asked for it’ – he said, addressing the arrival of the pm -. The respect for Alessandra and her family has always been maximum, every idea different it is barbaric and alien to my thoughts and to this defense”
10:37
“I carry a burden greater than prison: justice must be done”
“I wasn’t well – continues Padovani -: a person who is well does not kill another person. I find myself in a nightmare, I’m sorry, this is a heavier burden than prison. I was no longer there with my head, I wasn’t clear. If I could go back I would, but I’m not sure it would end differently because I wasn’t well. I committed the irreparable, I had a lot to lose and I lost everything. She lost her life. Today I ask that Justice must be done because Giovanni Padovani has to pay, he killed a woman. But justice must be done without being influenced by the media“.
10:32
“Life imprisonment? If you think killing is normal I demand it”
“If you think that a man who kills a woman with that ferocity is a normal thingcommitted by a lucid person capable of understanding and wanting, then I deserve it life imprisonment. Actually, it I aim. Every hour and every minute of my life in prison. Something very serious has happened, a person is no longer here and there is nothing we can do to fix it.” And again: “When you lose the ability to see things clearly you commit the irreparable. I had a lot to lose and Alessandra also lost a lot. Nobody wins here today“.
10:11
Padovani speaks in the courtroom: no respect for Alessandra
“And very serious and unforgivable gesture“, surprisingly the accused Giovanni Padovani takes the floor in the courtroom and points the finger at the journalists. “There was no respect for Alessandra, her sister and her family – Padovani tells the court in a non-stop voice -. There was no respect for my mother who was always pointed out as the mother of a murderer“.
10:00
The mother and sister’s lawyer: “He had already decided to kill her”
“Alessandra Matteuzzi, by agreeing to be with Giovanni Padovani the day before his murder, extended her life by one day. Padovani, in fact, had already decided to kill her if it weren’t bent to his will to continue to be with him. And, when she realized that it wasn’t going to happen, he actually killed her,” said Antonio Petroncini, a civil party lawyer. of his mother and sister by Alessandra Matteuzzi who added: “If Alessandra had decided to resume the romantic relationship with Padovani, he would have spared her life, but the victim did not submit and killed her”
09:56
Alessandra’s sister was also in the courtroom
He is also there to witness the final stages of the trial Stephanie Matteuzzi, the victim’s sister and confidant, who has always fought for justice. It was two o’clock on the evening of the massacre on the telephone and Stefania heard the victim’s screams of terror. A few minutes after the start of the hearing, the Padovani’s mother who always followed the trial hearings. She listened to her son’s long spontaneous testimony in tears.
Stefania Matteuzzi, the victim’s sister
09:30
The Prosecutor’s Office: “Alessandra lived in terror”
Prosecutor Lucia Russo for the Prosecutor’s Office speaks to respond in points to the defense positions. In particular, the Prosecutor’s Office reiterated the request for life imprisonment, underlining how it was “unsustainable not to contest the aggravating circumstance of stalking, since Padovani was well aware of the terror in which Matteuzzi lived because of him. The fact that she was sometimes inconsistent in her attitudes towards him further testifies to the condition of fragility in who she was forced to live.” And you specified: “We trust that the Court will not abandon itself to the stereotype of victim who asked for it”.
09:00
Padovani arrives in the courtroom
Giovanni Padovani arrived at the Bologna court from the Reggio Emilia prison where he has been locked up since the day of his arrest.
Giovanni Padovani arrives in court in Bologna: today the sentence (photo Schicchi)
2024-02-12 22:09:13
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