Overview
- The attacker, identified as 40‑year‑old soldier Agostino Di Novo, rose from the dock after a conviction for injuring his ex‑partner and assaulted her immediately after the sentence was read.
- He struck the 35‑year‑old woman in the neck and leg with a sharpened piece of plastic cut from a ruler, a weapon that did not trigger the courthouse metal detector.
- A carabiniere and a poliziotto who were in the gallery as witnesses, together with a tribunal employee, restrained the assailant and he was arrested in flagranza for attempted murder.
- Emergency medical teams from Sores treated the victim and took her to hospital for wounds to the neck and leg, while the prosecutor Giorgio Milillo is pursuing the attempted‑murder charge and a convalida hearing is pending.
- The case exposes a courtroom security gap because non‑metallic improvised weapons can bypass metal screening and is likely to prompt a review of court checks and physical protections for domestic‑violence victims.