'Evil' pensioner, 93, stabbed wife 76 times but evades justice for sickening murder

Francesco Dimasi, 93, murdered his woman by stabbing her 76 times astatine their location successful Adelaide portion "mentally competent" a tribunal ruled but helium present has vascular dementia

A antheral who stabbed his woman 76 times successful a brutal murder volition ne'er basal proceedings arsenic helium present suffers from terrible dementia.

The household of Maria Dimasi, a grandma from Adelaide, Australia, said that they volition ne'er “forgive the evil enactment that took place”. A justice reportedly agreed that her hubby Francesco Dimasi, 93, caused the decease beyond tenable doubt.

Dimasi was charged with the execution of his 85-year-old woman Maria who was recovered dormant astatine their Findon location successful December 2023. South Australia’s District Court ruled that helium unlawfully “caused the decease of his wife”. Maria's lad Vince Dimasi told 9News: "I conjecture that reinforced what we thought had happened.” He added: "Our parent did truthful much, not lone for our household but for her husband. We grieve our parent immensely."

And the victim’s girl Reverend Carmel Ieraci said determination was immoderate “peace” from present knowing what happened. "We consciousness immoderate benignant of bid successful knowing that the information has prevailed," she told ABC News. "Part of the grief process is anger, and that's a earthy progression and measurement that we person each endured."

She added: "Our lives volition ne'er beryllium the aforesaid and neither volition the authorities and each who knew Maria Dimasi, She was incredible, perfectly incredible, she conscionable had a bosom of gold."

Her parent was a unpaid astatine the repast work Nonna Cucina and Ms Ieraci added: "She touched everyone's beingness with emotion and gentleness, humour, smiles, attraction and, of course, her nourishing food," she said. "There are moments of terrible grief and trauma but [our household is] — for mum's involvement — continuing forward."

Justice Sandi McDonald reportedly told the tribunal that a psychiatrist believed that Dimasi “was mentally competent to perpetrate the offence” and that the suspect had accepted written statements by the prosecution. "Mr Dimasi stabbed his woman utilizing a weapon that was seized by the police, and successful doing so, caused her death," said Justice McDonald.

But a psychiatric study that had since been made diagnosed Dimasi with vascular dementia and that astir of his responses had been “unintelligible”. And connected that ground the tribunal recovered that helium was not acceptable to basal trial. "Mr Dimasi is mentally unfit to basal trial," Justice McDonald ruled. "Having made that finding, I'm required to find that Mr Dimasi is not blameworthy of the offence of murder." Dimasi, though, volition stay nether supervision for the remainder of his life.

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