Overview
- Italy’s Supreme Court, which ruled Wednesday, ordered a new Milan appeal limited to deciding whether the 2023 killing of Giulia Tramontano was premeditated.
- The judges rejected the defense request to drop the cruelty aggravating factor and to grant generic mitigating circumstances.
- Prosecutors argued the murder was an organized ambush, citing a chosen knife, a rug removed before the attack, and earlier doses of rat poison as signs of planning.
- The review responds to a split between courts after the Milan appeals court in June 2025 dropped premeditation that the trial court had recognized.
- Even if premeditation is restored, reporting indicates no new penalty will be calculated because Impagnatiello already has a life term, and the Milan appeals court will now set a hearing date.