Get you up to speed: Italian prosecutors seek negligence charges against parents of boy who killed woman
Chiara Jaconis, 30, was fatally struck in Naples on September 15, 2024, by a black statuette thrown from a third-floor balcony. Italian prosecutors are seeking to charge the parents of the 13-year-old boy who threw the statuette with negligent manslaughter.
Chiara Jaconis, 30, was fatally struck by a statuette thrown from a balcony in Naples on September 15, 2024. Italian prosecutors are seeking to charge her accused assailant’s parents with negligent manslaughter, citing a lack of supervision over their son, who has a history of similar dangerous behaviours.
The parents of the 13-year-old boy accused of Chiara Jaconis’s death are demanding to be officially cleared of wrongdoing, despite facing potential charges of negligent manslaughter. A preliminary hearing to decide whether the case will go to trial is scheduled for 26th June 2024.
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CCTV captured the moment Chiara was struck (Picture: Newsflash)
A woman on holiday in Naples was killed after being struck in the head with a heavy statuette thrown from a balcony.
Chiara Jaconis, 30, was walking with her boyfriend through the Spanish Quarters of Naples on September 15, 2024, when she was killed.
CCTV footage from a nearby cafe caught the moment Chiara collapsed, as her partner Livio screamed for help.
According to investigators, the boy threw a black statuette weighing around 4.4 pounds from a third-floor balcony, striking Chiara as she walked below.
She was rushed to the hospital with severe head injuries, but died just hours later despite emergency surgery.
Chiara was walking with her boyfriend when she was fatally injured (Picture: Newsflash)
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Now, the parents of the 13-year-old boy accused of her death have rejected blame for the boy’s behaviour and are demanding that, even though he is too young to be charged, he also be officially cleared of wrongdoing.
Italian prosecutors have requested that the boy’s mother and father be charged with negligent manslaughter, arguing the tragedy could have been prevented if they had kept a closer watch on their son.
The teenager has already been cleared by a juvenile court because he is under the age of 14 and cannot be held criminally responsible under Italian law.
A preliminary hearing to decide whether the case will go to trial is scheduled for 26th June.
Prosecutors say the parents bear responsibility because they did not supervise their son, who is believed to have carried out similar dangerous acts in the past.
Chiara worked for Prada before her death (Picture: Newsflash)
However, the couple, both professionals in Naples, aged 65 and 54, have strongly denied any wrongdoing.
Through their lawyers, they insist they had no involvement in the incident and claim the statuette did not belong to them.
They have also bizarrely appealed the court’s decision to clear their son because of his age, arguing he should be acquitted based on the facts of the case rather than simply because of his age.
The case has drawn widespread attention in Italy, raising questions about parental responsibility and safety in densely populated urban areas.
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