(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 27 - A 33-year-old man from Salerno near Naples got 24 years in jail Wednesday for a hate crime in which he bludgeoned to death a 35-year-old Nigerian street hawker with the crutch he used for walking in a Marche coastal city in July last year.
    The Court of Assizes of Macerata sentenced Filippo Ferlazzo, to 24 years of imprisonment for the aggravated voluntary murder of Nigerian hawker Alika Ogorchukwu, which took place in Civitanova Marche on 29 July 2022.
    The victim had asked for alms from the defendant and his companion, whose arm he had touched: Ferlazzo had hit him with the crutch that the Nigerian used to walk, then had straddled him, crushing his neck and head.
    Race hate was judged to be an aggravating factor in the murder.
    (ANSA).