An Italian socialite has been charged with murder after she was allegedly caught on camera repeatedly running over a mugger for snatching her bags.
Cinzia Dal Pino, 65, is accused of killing Nourdine Mezgoui, a 52-year-old Moroccan national, in the Italian seaside resort of Viareggio after he stole her bag, L’Unione Sarda reported.
Shocking security footage shows Dal Pino allegedly mowing down the suspected bag thief with her SUV on Sept. 8 last year.
Video shows Mezgoui walking along the sidewalk when a vehicle suddenly appears to deliberately veer into him.
The SUV then reverses and runs over Mezgoui three times as he lies on the sidewalk.
The driver, who prosecutors say is Dal Pino, then gets out of the car and goes over to retrieve the bag Mezgoui allegedly stole from her before driving off.
Dal Pino, a successful entrepreneur and socialite, now faces charges of voluntary homicide and could be handed a life sentence.
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Her defense argued unsuccessfully that the crime should be requalified as an act of self-defense.
She has remained under house arrest with an electronic tag since her arrest.
A preliminary hearing was held in a nearby court in Lucca on Thursday, and Dal Pino is due to appear in court again on Sept. 24.
