Alessia Pifferi was sentenced to life imprisonment for letting her 18-month-old daughter Diana die of starvation , abandoned at home alone for 6 days in July 2022 . This was decided today by the Court of Assizes of Milan.

The public prosecution had asked for a life sentence , while the defense asked for acquittal, arguing that Pifferi had no intention of killing his daughter and underlining that the crime committed was "abandonment of a minor".

«It is a fair sentence, the first stage in ascertaining the truth . I have always believed in it and with this verdict they have brought the victim back to the center of the trial" were the words of the public prosecutor, Francesco De Tommasi , after reading the sentence. " I saw a woman who played a part , I expected life imprisonment," he added. «Alessia Pifferi was described as a victim and a child. In this trial there is only one little girl called Diana and there is only one victim called Diana. There is a liar called Alessia Pifferi, there is only one actress called Alessia Pifferi."  

«It's an excruciating pain, she has forgotten that she is a mother - commented Pifferi's mother -. He must pay for what he did ." «I think that the judges did what was right – added Alessia's sister, Viviana Pifferi – because for me she never had extenuating circumstances, she was never crazy or with psychological problems. I hope that Diana can now fly away in peace."

In sentencing Alessia Pifferi, the judges excluded the aggravating circumstance of premeditation which was alleged against her together with those of frivolous motives and of having committed the crime against her minor daughter.

(Unioneonline/vl)