An Italian court has sentenced a 33-year-old man to 24 years in jail over the murder of 35-year-old Nigerian, Alika Ogorchukwu.
According to reports, the court gave the verdict on Wednesday after the Italian man, Filippo Ferlazzo from Salerno near Naples was convicted of a hate crime in which he bludgeoned the Nigerian street hawker to death with a crutch in July last year.
The Court of Assizes of Macerata said it found Ferlazzo guilty of an aggravated voluntary murder of Ogorchukwu on 29 July 2022 at the Civitanova Marche area in Italy.
Italian newspaper ANSA.it said, Ogorchukwu was killed after he asked for alms from the defendant and his companion, whose arm he had touched.
Part of the report read, “Ferlazzo had hit him with the crutch that the Nigerian used to walk, then had straddled him, crushing his neck and head.
“Race hate was judged to be an aggravating factor in the murder,” it added.
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