Convicted soldier attacks ex-partner in court

A 40-year-old man, Agostino Di Novo, Army soldier, accused of causing injuries to his ex-partner, after the reading of the sentence (sentence to 6 months of imprisonment with suspended sentence) got up from the dock and jumped on the 35-year-old woman, who was sitting on the opposite side of the courtroom next to the honorary deputy prosecutor Alessandra D'Aversa, hitting her repeatedly with a sharp object. The Nem Group newspapers report it.

A carabiniere and a policeman, present in the courtroom as witnesses in another trial, managed to stop the man, who was arrested in flagrante delicto, awaiting the validation hearing before the investigating judge, scheduled for this morning. The public prosecutor Giorgio Milillo is proceeding with the hypothesis of the crime of attempted murder, the Nem newspapers specify.

The woman was rescued by Sores staff and taken to the emergency room for injuries to her neck and leg. A court employee also intervened and pushed the woman away, taking her into the council chamber and barring the door.