Milan, 5 November (LaPresse) – Reduced sentence on appeal for Alessia Pifferi. The Milan Court of Appeal has partially reformed the life sentence handed down in the first instance and sentenced the 40-year-old woman to 24 years' imprisonment. She was charged with aggravated voluntary manslaughter for abandoning her 18-month-old daughter, Diana, for six days in her home in Via Parea in Milan on 14 July 2022, leaving her to die of hunger and thirst. The panel led by President Ivana Caputo (judge Franco Anelli) eliminated the aggravating circumstance of futile motives (premeditation had not been recognised in the first instance) and balanced the other aggravating circumstance of murder (family relationship with the child) by recognising Pifferi, assisted by lawyer Alessia Pontenani, the general mitigating circumstances. The ruling also eliminated the sentence of probation at the end of the term and upheld Pifferi's sentence to reimburse the expenses of the mother and sister, who were civil parties represented by lawyer Emanuele De Mitri. No deadline was set for the filing of the grounds for the ruling, which could therefore be available within a fortnight.