Ex-boyfriend sentenced to life in prison in Italian femicide case

The brutal death of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin gripped Italy and fuelled demands to end violence against women.

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00:00The 22-year-old Italian man, Filippo Turetta, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend,

00:07was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

00:11Giulia Cecchettin went missing last November after going to the mall with Turetta.

00:17She was found a week later with more than 70 stab wounds at the bottom of a ditch wrapped

00:21in plastic bags.

00:22It is clear that justice has been done, I respect it, but I think we should do more

00:28as human beings, because we should not be in this moment talking about pain.

00:35I think gender violence should not be fought with pain, it should be fought with prevention.

00:42The case sparked widespread anger in Italy and fuelled demands for action to stop violence

00:47against women.

00:48At the funeral last year, Giulia's father had urged mourners to be agents of change

00:53in a patriarchal culture that he said often undervalues the lives of women.