Suspect acquitted over Pierina Paganelli murder case

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 10 - A 35-year-old Senegalese man, Louis Dassilva, was acquitted of the 2023 murder of his elderly neighbour Pierina Paganelli in Rimini early on Wednesday by a court on the Adriatic city after 16 hours of deliberations. The case of Paganelli, who was stabbed 29 times, has gripped the attention of the Italian public over the last three years. Prosecutors did not find forensic evidence on the victim's body implicating Dassilva and their case was based principally on the test...

By ANSA