An Italian man jailed after murdering his partner has been released because he became obese during his time in prison.
Dimitri Fricano is serving a 30-year prison sentence after murdering his partner Erika Preti with 57 stab wounds in 2017.
The crime was recorded during a holiday on the Italian island of Sardinia after the young woman made a mistake by leaving crumbs behind while eating.
Therefore, this 37-year-old man was locked up in a Turin prison; But an unprecedented verdict left him under house arrest.
The Italian justice system decided that Dimitri should be released from prison because his weight had increased dramatically in recent months to over 200 kilograms; after he was taken to prison weighing 120 kilos.
During his time in prison, the man also developed an addiction to cigarettes and began suffering from frequent epilepsy.
🇮🇹 Gross!!!! The murderer was released from prison because of…obesity! 🤮
Italian Dimitri Fricano was jailed after stabbing his girlfriend 57 times. He was angry that she had made comments to him about the breadcrumbs he had left in her bed. The man was sentenced to 30 years in prison.… pic.twitter.com/WbkCNR7lKq— Julia Nikonchuk (@nikonleto) November 17, 2023
Dimitri Fricano’s lawyers appealed against his release on the grounds that his medical condition was not compatible with prison conditions.
“This leads to difficulty walking and also makes it impossible to follow a diet in prison.” “This puts life at risk due to cardiovascular risk,” local media reported.
A judge left Dimitri Fricano under house arrest
A court in Turin agreed with lawyers and ruled that Dimitri could not continue serving his sentence because of his obesity.
According to the ruling, the food provided to inmates is not low-calorie; Therefore, it is not suitable for this man during the diet he has to follow.
“Detention in Valletta Prison (Turin) is also incompatible with health conditions due to the architectural barriers,” the ruling says.
In this way, a judge ruled that Dimitri Fricano can receive better medical care at home, accompanied by his family.
As expected, due to these strange conditions, the victim’s relatives demanded the release of this prisoner and murderer of their daughter.
“At first I didn’t understand it, it seemed impossible to me that they had made such a decision without telling us anything. “That seems absurd to me,” Erika Preti’s mother told some local media.
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The ruling also stipulated that this decision will be valid for one year and that the perpetrator will live in his parents’ house.
However, at the end of this period you will be re-examined to see if your health has improved. A decision will also be made as to whether he will extend his house arrest or return to prison to serve his sentence.
“No one will give me back my little girl. But the pain is still too strong for us to relieve so quickly. “It was like a stab in the heart,” Preti’s father, Fabrizio Preti, told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
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