China News Service, May 9. According to the WeChat public account of "Italian Chinese Street", on May 6, local time, in the felony court presided over by Judge Cristina Beretti in Italy, the 34-year-old Moroccan was sentenced for the murder of the Reggio Chinese bar. Hicham Boukssid was sentenced on charges of premeditated murder and drug dealing.
For the crime of premeditated murder, the defendant was found to be mentally unsound, and the court sentenced him to 24 years and 6 months in prison, and for drug dealing, the sentence was 1 year and 4 months. The murderer was sentenced to a total of 25 years and 10 months.
On August 8, 2019, Zhou Mou, a 24-year-old young Chinese bar girl, was killed. The case has attracted great attention from the Italian Chinese community.
At that time, the defendant entered the Moulin Rouge bar outside the city center of Reggio Emilia, Italy, and suddenly jumped behind the counter and stabbed the girl more than ten times. The girl died on the spot.
Hicham Boukssid, defended by lawyer Pina Di Credico, was sentenced to pay compensation to the victim's family.
The mother, father and brother of the murdered 24-year-old Chinese girl, represented by lawyer Giulio Cesare Bonazzi and lawyer Simona Magnani, have joined the civil suit.
The trial held several hearings, during which psychiatric consultants, the medical examiner and numerous witnesses were heard.
At the conclusion of the proceedings, prosecutor Marco Marano asked for life in prison for the accused.
"This is a legally irreproachable decision," said lawyer Giulio Cesare Bonazzi.
The only aggravating circumstance accepted by the court was cruelty, which prosecutors highlighted in their indictment, recalling the three-minute assault and nine stab wounds inflicted on the victim, the last of which was both cruel. Deadly again.
Details captured by the bar's video surveillance, including images and audio.
The 37-year-old killer will be obliged to pay 9,000 euros in civil damages to Zhou's relatives and 7,000 euros to his brother.
The plaintiff's lawyer was not surprised by the sentence, and was generally satisfied and hoped that the sentence would not be reduced, but the defendant's defense lawyer announced that he would continue to appeal.