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Prosecutor Seeks Life Term and Daytime Isolation for Gianluca Molinaro in Killing of Manuela Petrangeli

The request portrays the 2024 shooting as a premeditated femicide driven by patriarchal control.

Overview

  • Public prosecutor Antonella Pandolfi asked the Rome Assize Court to impose life imprisonment with 18 months of daytime isolation on Molinaro.
  • The prosecution cited voluntary homicide aggravated by premeditation and stalking, along with illegal weapons possession and ricettazione.
  • Prosecutors presented abusive messages and voice notes to show a prolonged campaign of threats and control, rejecting the idea of a sudden raptus.
  • Petrangeli, a 50-year-old physiotherapist at Villa Sandra, was shot on July 4, 2024 with a sawed-off shotgun fired from a car as she left work.
  • The request was delivered on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, with the prosecution asserting no mitigating circumstances.