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Posted on 10/15/2001 10:19:13 AM PDT by CommiesOut

Italian man murders wife over "disgusting coffee"

    ROME, Oct 15 (Reuters) - An Italian man said on Monday he 
had killed his 72-year-old wife after she made him a bad cup of 
coffee, Italian news agency ANSA reported. 
    "The coffee was disgusting. I drank a little then I picked 
up the cup and smashed it on the floor," the 84-year-old told 
prosecutors in Bari, on Italy's southern heel, the agency said. 
    "My wife screamed and I slapped her. Then I grabbed the 
hammer and hit her," the man said. 
    A neighbour discovered the wife's body on Sunday afternoon 
and alerted the police. The man was arrested on suspicion of 
murder. 
    The man later confessed he had hidden the murder weapon and 
blood-sodden clothes he had worn when he killed her, ANSA said. 
    ((Stephanie Holmes, Rome newsroom, +39 06 8544394, fax +39 
06 8540568, stephanie.holmes@reuters.com)) 
 
15 OCT 2001 13:49:18

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