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The Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome, Italy, has upheld the life term handed to a Nigerian man, Innocent Oseghale for killing and cutting up 18-year-old girl, Pamela Mastropietro.
39-year-old Oseghale killed Mastropietro on January 30, 2018 in the countryside outside at Pollenza, near Macerata in Marche.
Oseghale was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2019 after being found guilty of murder, sexual assault and destruction of Pamela’s body.
The Nigerian appealed against part of his conviction for rape, claiming he never had sex with the victim before killing her.
On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, the Court of Cassation of Rome definitively put an end to the legal matter by sentencing Oseghale to life imprisonment for murder aggravated by sexual violence, destruction and concealment of a corpse.
In reality, the Supreme Court had already ruled in favor of murder and concealment of a corpse. With Tuesday’s sentence, the judges of the Supreme Court, after a referral to the appeal, established that there was also sexual violence.
“It’s what I’ve been waiting for for six years. That’s what I hoped for. But the battle doesn’t end here,” Alessandra Verni, Pamela’s mother said after the ruling.
“You spent six years chasing justice in the courtrooms of Macerata, Ancona, Rome, Perugia and then Rome again. A painful result that prolonged the pain and agony but we have reached the right conclusion.” This was stated by Marco Valerio Verni, the family’s lawyer and the victim’s uncle.
“I’ve always said that there are other people responsible. As far as we are allowed, we will continue to seek the truth. The conviction, hypothetically speaking, could lead Oseghale to name any accomplices,” he added.
