Murder of Alessandra Matteuzzi, ex-partner of Giovanni Padovani: news

Editorial/Informative Telecinco 08/28/2022 10:01 a.m.

Italian soccer player Giovanni Padovani accused of murdering Alessandra Matteuzzi with a hammer

Football player John Padovani27, accused of brutally murdering his ex-partner, alessandra Matteuzziis found in pretrial detention for the crime, although he would not have testified before the judge on the recommendation of his lawyer. The case has shocked the world of football and Italy. Apparently the defender I would have been waiting two hours for his victim to arrive at the apartment before beat her up with a hammer to death.

Alessandra Mattuezzi had denounced Giovanni Padovani

On August 1, Alessandra Matteuzzi denounced Giovanni Padovani for harassment. The 56-year-old woman had decided to break up with the relationship and the player kept calling her and sending her messages.

Some neighbors witnessed the level of violence between the couple, recalling episodes of screaming fights in the apartment. In addition, on one occasion, the athlete had “sabotaged the car” of his ex-girlfriend and on other occasions they saw him climb the balcony to enter the home when she had locked the door and prevented him from accessing it.

“She was very afraid of him because he had become persistent and did not want to let him into the house,” said a neighbor in statements published by the British newspaper The Sun.

The footballer murdered his ex-partner with a hammer

Almost a month after putting the case in the hands of the Police, the footballer asked his club, Sancataldese de Sicilia, from the fourth division, for permission not to play the weekend’s Cup match against Catania. Thus, he took the opportunity to travel to bolognawhere his lived ex partner.

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There, according to Il Messaggero, I would have waited two hours until she arrived in her car. So at the very doorhit him repeatedly with a hammer and you threw an iron bench. At that time, the victim was on the phone with his sister, who was able to hear: “No, Giovanni, no, I beg you, help.” After that, the call was cut off and her sister called the Carabinieri in terror.

Neighbors called the police upon hearing the screams, but the first to arrive at the scene of the crime was a minor, according to FanPage. The boy, the son of a neighbor, met Padovani, who reportedly told him: “I’m not angry with you, I’m angry with her, I can’t wait for the police to arrive, I want to end everything.”

When officers arrived, they found Matteuzzi alive, but his head injuries were so severe that He died before reaching the hospital.

The alleged perpetrator, in provisional prison

For its part, Giovani Padovani did not resist arrestaccording to Infobae, which confirms that some witnesses have indicated that confessed to being the author of the crime. However, before the investigating judge of the Court of Bologna, Andrea Salvatore Romito, he remained silent. This ordered the pretrial detention for Padovani for aggravated homicide by stalking at the request of the prosecutor Domenico Ambrosino, arguing that “the personality of the suspect animated by an irrepressible delirium of jealousy and incapable of calmly accepting the occurrence of adverse events, such as the termination of a relationship characterized by sporadic encounters they are a manifestation of exceptional danger and absolute uncontrollability.”

The Matteuzzi’s assassination has generated a great repercussion. On social networks, thousands of users have shown their outrage at finding a publication of Instagram on November 25, 2021 in which the player would have published an image of himself with the message “Stop gender violence and in general”.

For its part, the Caltanissetta clubfrom the fourth division of Italy, he has already broken his contract with the footballer. The team’s lawyer, Salvatore Pirrello, has shown his dismay on Italian television: “We have known him recently, he has been with us for a few days, so I am not able to identify him with those characteristics. However, he had a relationship with all his teammates, with the coach. We understood for two or three days that he had some problems.”

Among society, criticism has escalated upon learning that the victim had reported the case, for which the Italian Minister of Justice, Marta Cartabia, has asked to closely monitor the behavior of the agents during the investigation; Meanwhile he fiscal of Bologna, Giuseppe Amato, has denied that there has been judicial malpracticewhile explaining that the harassment report did not highlight “specific risk situations”.