A man arrested on suspicion of killing his wife in front of their infant child has tried to kill himself in his jail cell using a broomstick.
Romanian native Alexandru Ianosi, 35, ended up in a coma after stabbing himself in the eye with the end of the broom on Thursday, October 6, just weeks after being taken into custody.
It is understood the welder reportedly tried to hurt himself in his prison cell in Italy, where the incident took place, because he was "devastated by feelings of guilt" after committing the crime.
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A few days after waking up from the coma, Ianosi allegedly said: "I did everything by myself to punish myself."
He was taken to the reanimation ward of the Dell' Angelo Hospital in Venice immediately following his outburst, where he is reportedly still recovering.
His act of self-harm comes after he allegedly stabbed his partner, Lilia Patranjel, 40, to death in the living room of the home they shared in Spinea, in Veneto, Italy, as their four-year-old son watched on.
Ianosi and professional caregiver Patranjel, originally from Moldova, had moved to Italy with their child in 2017.
After some time, Ianosi reportedly became violent to a degree that Patranjel could no longer endure and she demanded to separate after he allegedly beat her on three separate occasions.
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Following her decision, Ianosi took a kitchen knife and stabbed her several times in her chest and stomach on Thursday, September 22, causing her to die on the spot.
Ianosi quickly rang the police and confessed to the crime, while their four-year-old later told cops: "Mother fell."
The man was arrested and detained for voluntary manslaughter, after he told police: "Come and get me, I killed my partner."
Ianosi's defense will allegedly depend on a psychiatric report which lawyers say will show he wasn't himself on the day of the murder.
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