Alessia Pifferi , the woman accused of aggravated murder for having left her daughter Diana to die of starvation of almost a year and a half is said to have "very serious mental retardation".
This was explained by her lawyer, according to whom « she has an intellectual quotient equal to that of a 7-year-old girl . They put a little girl in the hands of a little girl.' The defense's statements come at the end of today's hearing, following the latest medical tests carried out in the San Vittore prison in Milan and the advice from one side. The Court of Assizes of Milan has reserved the right to order an expert report on the woman's psychic conditions at the time of the events following the outcome of the hearing investigation.
The lawyer then asked the Court, on the basis of the latest tests carried out in San Vittore, for a psychiatric medical report aimed at ascertaining the woman's inability to understand and want to at the time of the fact and its possible relevance "on the imputability of the 'accused'. The Public Prosecutor's Office opposed the petition, also asking for the exclusion from the trial file of all the documents drawn up in prison on Alessia Pifferi's medical and psychic situation as they were not prepared in the context of a real consultancy.
However, the judges rejected this request, which was joined by the civil party, considering these reports usable and allowing them to enter the proceedings. Certainly the defense, at the end of the hearing investigation, will insist with the expert report. “The lady has a serious problem and it was a pity no one ever helped her. She had a support teacher when she was at school, and was followed by a psychologist who I'm now trying to track down – confesses Pifferi's lawyer -. But then no one helped her when she needed it.'
