Giulia Stanganini, after murdering her son with a knife, went onto kill Loredana Stuppazzoni, whose body she then dismembered and hid. At first instance, she had been sentenced to life imprisonment and had been recognized as capable of understanding, on the other hand.
An expert psychiatric assessment concluded that she was capable of understanding at the time of the murders and partially insane when she cut her mother into pieces. The Court of Cassation upheld the appeal sentence. The judges declared her semi mentally infirm. (HANDLE)... The judges declared her semi mentally infirm. The court said she was 'capable of understanding' and 'partially insane' and sentenced her to 27 years in prison. The court said it was 'confident' she would serve at least 15 of the 27 years. The sentence was upheld by the Italian Supreme Court.