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Daily Mail
03-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Socialite who ran over and killed Moroccan mugger who stole her bag is charged with murder and faces life behind bars
A socialite who repeatedly ran over a mugger with her SUV after he snatched her bag is to face trial for his murder. Italian businesswoman Cinzia Dal Pino, 65, was caught on street CCTV ramming the thief with her white Mercedes GLE in Viareggio, Tuscany, in September last year. Horrifying CCTV footage showed Dal Pino swerve off the road in her £80,000 car to plough into 52-year-old thief Nourdine Mezgoui. As he falls to the ground, Dal Pino reverses and then drives forward, crushing him under the front wheels of her two-and-a-half-tonne motor. But as Moroccan national Mezgoui writhes in agony, Dal Pino reverses and runs over him twice more until he stops moving. Then she hops out of the SUV limo in her stiletto heels before she takes back her bag, gets back in the car and drives off. Mezgoui was later declared dead at the scene after passersby called paramedics. Now, officials at the Court of Assizes in Lucca have set Dal Pino's trial opening date on a charge of aggravated voluntary homicide for 24th September. Pino told police earlier that Mezgoui had mugged her as she came out of a restaurant after a dinner date. Her lawyer Enrico Marzaduri said: 'She didn't want to kill, but to stop the man and get her bag back. 'Inside it were her documents and house keys, and she was fearful he would have committed other crimes.' But despite this fear, rather than calling police or paramedics Dal Pino calmly returned to the restaurant where she had been dining with friends before the attack to bring back an umbrella she had borrowed, local media reported. Dal Pino admitted to police she had chased after him and had only wanted to get her bag back. She told police: 'He had threatened to kill me with a knife. I was scared. I didn't mean to kill him I just wanted my belongings back. 'There were important documents in my bag and I couldn't call the police because my phone was in there.' Officers later revealed no knife had been found on Mezgoui and Dal Pino was initially held in jail on suspicion of manslaughter before being freed under house arrest. Her lawyer Enrico Marzaduri dismissed the video and said last year: 'I understand from the autopsy that it was certainly the initial impact that proved fatal and there are no tyre marks on the body. 'She just wanted to stop him and was aiming for his legs. She is suffering for what she did and is feeling remorse for what happened.' Dal Pino, a well known socialite in the Italian coastal city, was identified through her SUV's number plate and arrested by police just hours after the incident. The high-flying socialite, who has been under house arrest for the past 10 months, is also accused of cruelty, deceitful methods and killing her victim while he was unable to defend himself. Marzaduri's motion to downgrade the charge to self-defence or manslaughter was rejected by the court. Dal Pino faces life behind bars if convicted. Police had been monitoring Mezgoui in the lead up to his death and had wanted to repatriate him, but authorities had not responded to their requests, meaning he had remained at large in Viareggio. Mezgoui's family in Morocco spokenof their horror following the incident, saying that justice must be served and slamming Italian authorities for placing Dal Pino under house arrest rather than in jail. 'Not even an animal is killed in this way,' his sisters told Moroccan channel Chouf TV, adding: 'We ask for justice for our brother, Cinzia Dal Pino must remain in prison.' Mezgoui's family said of the 52-year-old, who had lived in Italy for 24 years: 'He was a good man and we want justice. Everyone who knows him will tell you that. She ran over him four times and then just calmly drove off when he was dying and didn't even ask for help.' Local archbishop monsignor Paolo Giulietti said just after the mugger's death: 'Other than self-defence, the video shows astonishing behaviour. 'How do you drive your car over a person's body several times? How could we think that a quiet and esteemed lady, a capable entrepreneur, could carry out such an action? 'Evil wins when it makes us evil: those who rejoice because this episode would be an episode of self-defence demonstrate how evil wins. 'I say, let's not rejoice, this is not self-defence, and it is not justice. Nothing, absolutely nothing can justify murder. 'Not just because we live in a state of law. But because every person, in every situation they find themselves in, has the right to live.' Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini took a different view and wrote on Facebook: 'This drama is the consequence of a crime. If the man who lost his life hadn't been a delinquent this wouldn't have happened.'
Times
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Times
‘Riders suffered but I had great legs' — Richard Carapaz wins Giro stage 11
It pays to be Latin on the road to Rome (of the American sort, at least). Isaac del Toro, the precocious Mexican rider, remains in the pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia after the 2019 champion, Richard Carapaz, won the 11th stage with a late solo attack. The 31-year-old from Ecuador broke away with 9.1km left to bring an eighth daily triumph at a grand tour. It was his first win at any level since last year's Tour de France, where he found the 17th stage from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to SuperDévoluy to his liking en route to being anointed king of the mountains. Wednesday's 186km route from Viareggio to Castelnovo ne' Monti featured a series of challenging climbs, including one at San Pellegrino in Alpe that
ABC News
21-05-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Richard Carapaz wins stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia, update on Jai Hindley injury
Luke Plapp's bid in a breakaway to earn his second win at the Giro d'Italia has fallen short as former champion Richard Carapaz announced himself as a contender for the 2025 crown with a terrific late burst to capture the stage 11 honours. Australian time trial champ Plapp, still on a high after his terrific solo victory on Saturday's eighth stage, was this time at the heart of Wednesday's five-man breakaway that looked set to contest the stage win after battling across the fiendish Alpe San Pellegrino climb with gradients of around 20 per cent. That was before points leader Mads Pedersen shook the sleeping peloton into life, leading a riveting pursuit and enabling them to catch the quintet on the final slopes of the third arduous climb of the challenging 186km route, from Viareggio to Castelnovo ne' Monti. Then the Ecuadorian grand tour thoroughbred Carapaz familiarly stole the show, powering away over the last nine kilometres after an explosive surge to take a solo victory by 10 seconds from the race leader Isaac del Toro, who won a sprint to the line for second to pad out his overall advantage with bonus seconds. The young Mexican del Toro is now 31 seconds ahead of his UAE Team Emirates colleague Juan Ayuso at the head of the general classification. The rest of the main GC contenders came home safely, with Primoz Roglic fifth, 1:24 behind, and top Australian hope Michael Storer 14th at 3:20 down. But former Olympic champion Carapaz's victory reminded everyone that he is still a real threat at just 1:56 behind in sixth place. "So this is very, very special for me, and extremely exciting as well, great work. "And I want to dedicate it to my family and to my son. It's his birthday today." There was good news about the recovery of Jai Hindley, the 2022 Giro champion, who was forced to abandon after a crash on stage six. Aussie cycling great Robbie McEwen reported on Euros-port: "Jai had a light concussion, but he's feeling okay. "He told me his injury is to a transverse process (one of the bony projections by the side of a vertebra) and he's got a very sore back, but he hopes to be back on the horse ASAP." AAP
The Guardian
21-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Giro d'Italia: Richard Carapaz solos to stage 11 win as Del Toro stays in pink
Richard Carapaz won stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday with a solo ride in the last nine kilometres, the leader Isaac del Toro finishing second in a sprint to the line, 10 seconds behind the former Olympic champion. The stage was a challenging 186km ride from Viareggio to Castelnovo ne' Monti which had the most punishing sector on the Giro this year – the Alpe San Pellegrino climb with gradients of around 20%. Although a breakaway group led by nearly a minute with 15km to go, EF Education-EasyPost's Carapaz left the peloton behind and attacked to reel them in, overtaking them with nine km left. The Ecuadorian powered to the finish with a lead of 18 seconds in the final kilometre while Del Toro led the chasers, beating Giulio Ciccone who completed the podium. Del Toro retained the pink jersey while his UAE Team Emirates teammate Juan Ayuso is in second place in the general classification. This report will update shortly
CNA
21-05-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Carapaz solos to Giro stage 11 win, Del Toro stays in pink
Richard Carapaz won stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday with a solo ride in the last nine kilometres and leader Isaac Del Toro came second in a sprint to the line, finishing 10 seconds behind the former Olympic champion. The stage was a challenging 186km ride from Viareggio to Castelnovo ne' Monti which had the most punishing sector on the Giro this year - the Alpe San Pellegrino climb with gradients of around 20 per cent. Although a breakaway group led by nearly a minute with 15km to go, EF Education-EasyPost's Carapaz left the peloton behind and attacked to reel them in, overtaking them with nine km left. The Ecuadorean powered to the finish with a lead of 18 seconds in the final kilometre while Del Toro led the chasers, beating Giulio Ciccone who completed the podium. Del Toro retained the pink jersey while his UAE Team Emirates team mate Juan Ayuso is in second place in the general classification.
