A handbag snatcher who was run over and killed by an Italian socialite was a notorious criminal who police had previously tried to deport, it has emerged.
Businesswoman Cinzia Dal Pino, 65, took brutal revenge after the man identified as Moroccan national Nourdine Naziki, 52, snatched her handbag from the open window of her car.
Shocking CCTV footage leaked to local media shows the moment Dal Pino chased Naziki and ran him over four times with his Mercedes SUV.
In a bizarre twist, instead of calling police or paramedics, Dal Pino calmly returned to the restaurant where he had been dining with friends before the attack to fetch an umbrella he had borrowed, local media reported.
Naziki’s family in Morocco have now expressed their horror at the incident, saying justice must be done and criticising Italian authorities for placing Dal Pino under house arrest rather than jailing him.
Businesswoman Cinzia Dal Pino, 65, is under house arrest after being charged with voluntary manslaughter
Dal Pino, a well-known socialite from the Italian coastal town of Viareggio, was identified through the license plate of her Mercedes SUV.
Naziki’s family in Morocco have spoken of their horror at the incident and called for “justice”.
Dal Pino admitted to police that he had been chasing him and that he only wanted to get his bag back.
“Not even an animal is killed in this way,” her sisters told Moroccan channel Chouf TV, adding: “We demand justice for our brother, Cinzia Dal Pino must remain in prison.”
Dal Pino has been charged with voluntary manslaughter and is wearing an electronic device on her ankle while under house arrest.
His lawyer, Enrico Marzaduri, said his client was suffering from what happened and had no intention of killing Naziki, but only wanted to stop him from taking his bag and belongings.
“She did not want to kill,” she said, adding that what happened “went beyond her wishes. She feared that the man could have used her house keys and the documents she was carrying in her bag.”
She added that she was concerned that her keys and personal information would be used by the thief to commit further crimes against her.
Police had been following Naziki before his death and wanted to repatriate him, but authorities had not responded to their requests, meaning he remained on the run in Viareggio.
Dal Pino, a well-known socialite from the Italian coastal city, was identified by the license plate of her SUV and arrested by police a few hours later.
In the video of the ramming attack, Naziki is seen walking past a store when Dal Pino’s vehicle suddenly appears and rams him at full speed.
The car then reverses and drives forward four times before seeing Dal Pino, wearing high heels, calmly get out of her car, pick up her bag and drive away.
Paramedics were called to the scene and Naziki was rushed to hospital but later died from his injuries.
Businesswoman Cinzia Dal Pino, 65 (pictured), took justice into her own hands
Nourdine Naziki, 52, grabbed Dal Pino’s bag from the open window of her car.
Dal Pino admitted to police that he had been chasing him and that he only wanted to get his bag back.
She told police: ‘He had threatened to kill me with a knife. I was scared. I didn’t want to kill him, I just wanted my belongings back.
‘There were important documents in my bag and I couldn’t call the police because my phone was in there.’
Officials later revealed that no knife had been found on Naziki and that Dal Pino was initially detained on suspicion of murder before being released under house arrest.
His lawyer, Enrico Marzaduri, dismissed the video, saying: ‘From the autopsy I understand that it was most likely the initial impact that was fatal and there are no tyre marks on the body.
She told police: “He had threatened to kill me with a knife. I was scared. I didn’t want to kill him, I just wanted my belongings back.”
In a shocking security camera leaked to local media, Naziki is seen walking past a shop when Dal Pino’s vehicle suddenly appears and rams him at full speed.
“She just wanted to stop him and was aiming for his legs. She is suffering for what she did and feels remorse for what happened.”
But the local archbishop, Monsignor Paolo Giulietti, said: ‘Apart from self-defence, the video shows shocking behaviour.
How can you drive a car over a person’s body several times? How can you think that a quiet, respectable lady, a capable businesswoman, could do such a thing?
‘Evil triumphs when it makes us evil: those who rejoice that this episode would be an episode of self-defense demonstrate how evil triumphs.
“Let’s not rejoice, this is not self-defense, this is not justice. Nothing, absolutely nothing, can justify murder.
“Not only because we live in a state governed by the rule of law, but because every person, in whatever situation they find themselves, has the right to live.”
Dal Pino admitted to police that he had been chasing him and that he only wanted to get his bag back.
Naziki’s family in an interview with Moroccan television demanded ‘justice’
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini took a different view, writing on Facebook: “This drama is the consequence of a crime. If the man who lost his life had not been a criminal, this would not have happened.”
Naziki’s family said of the 52-year-old, who had lived in Italy for 24 years: “He was a good man and we want justice. Everyone who knows him will tell you that. She ran him over four times and then just walked away when he was dying and didn’t even call for help.”
Meanwhile, a banner appeared on a construction site in Viareggio reading: “Whoever has money has power, the law is not equal for everyone.”
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