Sentenced to 16 years for attempted murder of his wife with a billhook in Fiesole
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- Yamen Badr, a Tunisian farmer, was sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment in an abbreviated manner for having attacked his Florentine wife with a billhook in their home in Montebeni in Fiesole on 9 August 2025, leaving her quadriplegic after years of mistreatment and humiliation.
- The judge accepted the reduced request of the prosecutor for the abbreviated trial, also ordering civil compensation of a total of 500,000 euros to the victim and his family.
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Yamen Badr, a Tunisian farmer, had for years harassed and humiliated his Florentine wife, even in front of her in-laws and the babysitter, criticizing her for the education of her daughters and accusing her of having married him only for money. On the evening of 9 August 2025 he attacked her with a billhook in their home in Montebeni in Fiesole, causing injuries that left her quadriplegic.
Yamen Badr, a Tunisian farmer who on the evening of August 9, 2025, threw numerous billhook blows at his Florentine wife after years of harassment and humiliation, was sentenced to 16 years in prison. It happened in their home in Montebeni in Fiesole. The man was charged with attempted murder aggravated by family abuse. The woman remained quadriplegic due to her injuries, vertebral and cutting trauma. The investigating judge Alessando Moneti accepted the request of the prosecutor Alessandra Falcone who had asked for 24 years, reduced to 16 due to the reduction of one third in abbreviated terms. The couple had two daughters.
The woman had been suffering from her husband's harassment for years. Insults and humiliations even in front of the in-laws and the babysitter. He denigrated his wife, according to what was reconstructed, for the way she raised her daughters. On one occasion he allegedly reproached his wife, in front of her in-laws, for having married her only for money. Then on the evening of August 9, 2025, he attacked her with the billhook. "I wasn't well because in that period I was taking drugs", the accused told the court today with spontaneous statements before the reading of the sentence.
"The maximum sentence was imposed - comments the defender Samuele Zucchini - we expected the medical-legal advice which ascertained the total inability of the defendant at the time of the crime linked to the taking of narcotics to be evaluated with greater attention".
The Tunisian was also sentenced to compensation for damages in civil court; now he must meanwhile pay a provisional amount of 200,000 euros to his wife, another 50,000 euros each to his two daughters and a total of 200,000 euros to the victim's parents, all family members assisted by the lawyers Lapo Bechelli and Eriberto Rosso. "This affair marks the existence of an entire family - says the lawyer Rosso -, it is a balanced ruling". "There is no punishment capable of alleviating the suffering of that father - adds the lawyer Bechelli - The full acceptance of the public prosecutor's requests demonstrates the validity of the accusatory system".
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Open Questions
- What was the final outcome of the civil compensation beyond the provisional?
- Were the couple's daughters entrusted to social services or relatives?
- Does Yamen Badr have a criminal record or domestic violence complaints?
- Was a security or removal measure ordered after the conviction?
