Woman who killed her abusive father acquitted for self-defence

Makka Sulaev, a 20-year-old

Chechen-Italian who killed her Chechen father Akhyad with two

stab wounds in Nizza Monferrato on March 1, 2024, during an

umpteenth family dispute, was acquitted by an appeals court

Friday for acting in self-defence of herself and her mother,

overturning an over nine-year first-instance verdict.

The sentence was handed down by the Court of Assizes of Appeal

in Turin.

In the first instance trial two years ago, the young woman had

been sentenced to nine years and four months.

The judges also ordered her release; until now, she had been

subject to a mandatory reporting order.

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