Pietro Costanzia di Costigliole, 23 years old, a descendant of a branch of an ancient and noble Piedmontese family, defends himself. "It wasn't me." Stopped on charges of attempted murder for the machete attack on a peer, the suspect was heard by the public prosecutor in charge of the investigation, Mario Bendoni, in the presence of two defense lawyers, and claimed to be completely unaware of the episode. The 20-year-old girlfriend of the victim would have recognized him: he would have attacked the boy while the latter was returning home on a scooter with her. An order for custody in prison issued in Spain for a series of robberies was pending on Costanzia di Costigliole.
The Assault
A manhunt by the detectives of the mobile squad of the police headquarters of the Piedmontese capital that had started Monday afternoon. Immediately after the wounding of the 24-year-old, they had traced his attackers. The condition of the young man, hospitalized at the Cto hospital, remains serious. The surgeons subjected him to a surgery that lasted more than four hours in which they had to amputate his left leg, seriously compromised by the blows received. When the 24-year-old had arrived at the hospital, the leg was already sub-amputated below the knee and had been immediately subjected to a delicate surgical operation to revascularize the lower limb. However, also due to a great loss of blood, the young man's conditions have worsened. He is now hospitalized in critical condition, intubated in intensive care.
The Girlfriend
The victim had been attacked while he was with his girlfriend on a scooter, in Via Panizza. As reconstructed, thanks to the testimonies collected by the investigators, the two were approached by a T-Max scooter, with two people with masked faces on board. The passenger would have gotten off with a machete in hand striking the 24-year-old. Then he got back on the scooter which sped away. The young man was immediately assisted by passers-by, including a worker and two off-duty carabinieri, who also tried to stop the bleeding with the help of a belt. while the girl who was with the victim called 112.
Who is the noble known as "The Saint"
The suspect, assisted by lawyers Paola Pinciaroli and Vittorio Nizza, availed himself of the right not to answer. The hotel room was rented with someone else's document. And, writes today Repubblica, he would have struck the peer because of an indecent photo received on WhatsApp from his girlfriend. Although the investigators suspect instead a motive linked to drugs. According to what Il Corriere della Sera writes, Costanzia di Costigliole is the recipient of an international arrest warrant. He would be nicknamed "The Saint" and would have a great passion for motorcycles and tattoos. Born in Milan but residing in Turin, he does not use his full surname on social networks. He studied marketing in Barcelona. There he was involved in the investigation that led him to return to Italy. The public prosecutor of the investigation is Mario Bendoni.
The Family
The first investiture of his family in the heraldic archives dates back to 1215. In the heraldic archives, traces of Costanzia, lords of Costigliole, are already found in the 13th century. The progenitor would be Antonio, invested with the lordship in 1247. The girlfriend of O.B. put the investigators on the trail of the aggressor. The girl said that her boyfriend had already been threatened a week before. Also because of a slight to the noble's girlfriend. But the investigators do not believe that's all there is.
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