Italian footballer cancels cup match after beating girlfriend to death with hammer

Italian footballer Giovanni Padovani from the fourth division of Italian football is the protagonist in a case involving the murder of his girlfriend Alessandra Matteuzzi (56). Padovani, 27, had asked his club Sancataldese (Sicily, Serie D) to be released from playing the cup match against Catania, presumably to visit his girlfriend, with dire consequences.

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