He stabs his 24-year-old wife in the face because she refuses to have sex with him.
Then, with the same kitchen knife, he cuts her hair and runs away from Canosa (BAT) to Ruvo di Puglia (Bari).
Here the police arrested him for attempted murder and deformation of the appearance by permanent injuries.
The investigating judge of the Court of Trani validated the arrest and ordered his arrest in prison.
The man, a 42-year-old of Moroccan nationality, did not deny what he did to his wife, his compatriot who recently arrived in Italy.
Caustic soda was found in the car in which he had fled.
The woman, also wounded in the ear, was operated on