“When I can I want to apologize”: the trial of Zakaria Atqaoui, the 23-year-old who killed his ex Sofia Castelli in July, has begun
Yesterday the trial began for Zakaria Atqaoui, the 23-year-old of Egyptian origins who killed his ex-girlfriend, the 20-year-old at dawn on July 29th. Sofia Castelli, in the latter's house in Cologno Monzese. The defendant's lawyer has unofficially announced that a psychiatric evaluation will be requested.
It started yesterday, in front of the Court of Assizes of the Court of Monzathe trial in which the 23-year-old born in Italy but of Egyptian origins is accused of voluntary and aggravated murder Zakaria Atqaoui.
He is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend Sofia Castelli, a 20-year-old resident in Cologno Monzese, who lost her life at his hands at the first light of dawn last July 29, 2023.
The young man, who probably did not accept the end of the relationship and also thought that she was seeing other boys, in the previous days had taken possession of a bunch of keys of Sofia, entering the house while the 20-year-old was out for an evening with friends.
When Sofia returned she went to bed and fell asleep, unaware that her ex was there hidden inside the closet.
The latter, once Sofia had fallen asleep, came out and killed her with several stab wounds.
Sofia Castelli's killer wants to apologize
Atqaoui was present in the courtroom yesterday and, through his lawyer, made it known want to apologize as soon as he has the chance.
The one behind the bars of the safety cage never stopped staring Aurora, Sofia's friend that he was with her that night and that she hadn't noticed anything except when she woke up.
Vainer Buranithe accused's defense lawyer, has already practically announced that together with his client he will ask for a psychiatric assessment. These are the words of the lawyer:
There are no psychiatric problems but the fact as transcribed in the trial documents is abnormal. It presupposes evaluating the state of mind and the capacity to understand and want, also considering the dispute of premeditation. I met him in prison and I found him very bad, he is a boy in a psychological condition that is difficult to explain.
For the lawyer, his client “he did a terrible thing, but we are not faced with a hitman“.
THE lawyers of the Castelli family they stated that they expected the request of a psychiatric evaluation.
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