We have been following the horrific story of Pamela Mastropietro, a young Italian girl, who, in 2018, was murdered and her body cut into pieces by a Nigerian immigrant named Innocent Oseghale in Italy. Oseghale was convicted, but in a series of appeals, the Italian Supreme Court felt they needed to decide whether the crime was accompanied by sexual violence in order to affirm the life sentence. That has finally been achieved and it appears that the life sentence for Oseghlae has been confirmed.
The below article from today's Il Martino is translated by Fousesquawk.
https://www.ilmartino.it/2024/01/omicidio-di-pamela-mastropietro-ergastolo-a-innocent-oseghale/
Murder of Pamela Mastropietro: Life sentence for Innocent Oseghale
Posted 9 hours ago, 24 January
The Supreme Court rejects the appeal of the defense and finalizes the sentence of life imprisonment for Innocent Oseghale imposed in the first instance (trial) and twice on appeal. In 2022, the Supreme Court had requested more details on the aggravated (circumstances) of sexual violence.
Macerata- Innocent Oseghale was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of the young Pamela Mastropietro, killed, cut into pieces, and left in Pollenza in 2018. Oseghale had been convicted in the first instance. The sentence was affirmed twice on appeal, even if in 2022, the Supreme Court had requested more details on the aggravating (circumstances) of sexual violence.
This was not a small issue, since if it had not been recognized, Oseghale could have avoided life imprisonment. With today's sentence, the final word has been put on a gruesome story, first in the news and then in the courts.
The mother of the young girl burst into tears at the reading and was embraced by so many present to show their solidarity. A scene quite different from when two years ago, she left the courtroom in a rage over the partial annulment of Oseghale's sentence. Her t-shirt was also different: While in 2022, it showed the body of her daughter cut into pieces, this morning, it showed her smiling face against a pink background.
The woman is satisfied with the sentence, but certain that it has not been completely ascertained the dynamics of the events of that cursed day. She has always been convinced that Oseghale had not acted alone and that the accomplices are still walking around free. " All the uncertainty of these years doesn't help. To know that there are monsters out there who can still do harm, as they did to Pamela, is a terrible thought."
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