Mum whose child died after being abandoned sees 24-yr term upheld

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 25 - A 38-year-old woman who was given a life sentence by a Milan court in May 2024 for the homicide of her 18-month-old daughter, who died after being abandoned by her for six days in July 2022, on Thursday saw an appeals court revised term of 24 years definitively upheld. The lawyer of Alessia Pifferi again unsuccessfully argued that the woman should have been acquitted as she suffers learning disabilities, has been the victim of abuse and did not intend to kill the girl,...

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