He kills his three-year-old daughter, legal 'after she attempted suicide'

After stabbing his three-year-old daughter, he tried to take his own life. This was reported by the lawyer of Viktorija, the thirty-year-old woman of Russian origin, arrested yesterday on charges of killing little Alessandra Lucia at home in Tortona (Alessandria).

When questioned by the investigating judge, the woman made use of the right not to respond during the validation hearing. Judge Riccardo Ghio reserved the right to decide on the precautionary measure.

"The lady - says the lawyer Federica Tartara, of the Alessandria bar - is not in a psychophysical condition to support an interrogation. We will subsequently evaluate whether to present a request to the public prosecutor to be heard. This is a tragedy born in a situation of great loneliness and desperation: the extreme gesture against her daughter was directed by Viktorija, that night, also towards herself. Whoever intervened in the house the other night - it was she who called the rescuers, calling 112 - found a manuscript, in Russian. Unfortunately, the woman does not even speak Italian well and conversations with her, including my conversations, require an interpreter."

According to the defender, more time is needed to clearly outline the reasons and contours of a complex family history, with a difficult relationship as a couple - the woman lived with the child separated from her Italian partner - and a conflict between the parties over custody. A complaint for domestic violence is on record, with the proceedings then closed. Before arriving in Tortona and being hosted in the social co-housing accommodation in which she lived until the other night, Viktorija was - as confirmed by the lawyer - in a structure in Voghera, in the neighboring province of Pavia.

"Hers - explains Tartara - is the story of a woman who felt alone, abandoned. No job, no close family member, no close person of reference".