Monica Busetto, the nurse sentenced to 25 years is free: she didn't kill her neighbor
The Court of Appeal of Trento accepts the second request for review after more than 10 years in prison
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- Monica Busetto, definitively sentenced to 25 years for the murder of her neighbor Lida Taffi Pamio in Mestre in 2012, is free after more than 10 years in prison.
- The Court of Appeal of Trento accepted the second request for review on the basis of new evidence acquired by the journalist Massimiliano Andreetta of 'Le Iene', which demonstrates how the chain seized from the nurse has different dimensions and features from that of the victim.
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Why It Matters
Monica Busetto was arrested and convicted for the murder of Lida Taffi Pamio, found lifeless at home in Mestre in December 2012. Three years after that conviction, a second woman, Francesca Vianello, was killed in similar ways. The perpetrator of that crime, Susanna Milly Lazzarini, confessed to having also killed Taffi Pamio.
Definitively sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing her neighbor, nurse Monica Busetto is freed after more than 10 years spent in prison: the Court of Appeal of Trento has in fact accepted the second request for review of the trial.
Bussetto was arrested and convicted for the murder of Lida Taffi Pamio, found lifeless at home in Mestre in December 2012. Three years after that conviction, however, a second woman, Francesca Vianello, was killed in similar ways. And the perpetrator of that crime, Susanna Milly Lazzarini, confessed to having also killed Taffi Pamio.
"We always have trust, we have had trust, obviously now we have to say to Monica 'sorry for the delay'": thus Stefano Busetto, the nurse's lawyer after the Court of Appeal's decision. "Yes, the revision was accepted on the basis of the new evidence acquired by Massimiliano Andreetta of 'Iene' which demonstrates that the chain seized from Monica has a completely different size and shape from that which the victim had until a few moments before dying. This - he says - made it unnecessary to also discuss the second cause of revision which was linked to reasons for violation of the chain of custody of the artefact which, today we can say, was contaminated". Monica Busetto had been in prison since 2012.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Monica Busetto will be released from prison following the acceptance of the review
Very likely · Within hours
The case could be reopened to identify the real person responsible for the murder of Lida Taffi Pamio
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What will be the next procedural steps after the revision is accepted?
- Will the seized chain be returned or further analyzed?
- Will there be consequences for investigators or experts involved in the first conviction?
