Life sentence for the murder of Tiziana Vinci in La Spezia

Umberto Efeso, the man who killed his ex-wife Tiziana Vinci in the villa where the woman worked in La Spezia on 13 August 2025, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Prosecutor Federica Mariucci herself had asked for the maximum sentence.

The lorry driver, before the start of the discussion between the parties, had made spontaneous declarations before the judges of the Court of Assizes: "I apologize to Tiziana and to all the women, I wanted to kill myself". "I wasn't lucid - he continued - my story teaches that the Red Code must be tightened, men must be put in prison immediately, during investigations, because at that moment they don't realize what they are doing".

Ephesus, at the time, had been reported for stalking and had been banned from approaching his ex.