Danilo Restivo
Italian convicted murderer (born 1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Danilo Restivo (born 3 April 1972) is an Italian serial killer. Restivo is serving a life sentence with a 40-year tariff for murdering his neighbour Heather Barnett in Bournemouth, England in November 2002.[1] Investigators' suspicions that Restivo had murdered Barnett were raised because of his alleged involvement in the 1993 disappearance of Elisa Claps in Potenza, Italy, but he was not charged due to insufficient evidence.[2] Subsequent to the 2010 discovery of Claps's body, Restivo was tried for the murder of Barnett, with evidence of similarities in ritualistic placing of hair on the bodies of Claps and Barnett being heard by the English court.[3] He was found guilty of murdering Barnett,[4] and later found guilty in his absence for murdering Claps by an Italian court.[5]
Danilo Restivo | |
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Born | (1972-04-03) 3 April 1972 (age 52) Erice, Trapani, Sicily, Italy |
Nationality | Italian |
Other names | The Barber of Potenza |
Occupation | Trainee dental technician |
Known for | Murder of Elisa Claps in 1993 and Heather Barnett in 2002 |
Criminal status | Imprisoned |
Spouse |
Fiamma Marsanga (m. 2004) |
Motive | Unknown |
Criminal charge | Murder |
Penalty | Life imprisonment (whole life order), (later reduced to a minimum term of 40 years on appeal) |
Details | |
Victims | 2 |
Date | 12 September 1993 (murder of Elisa Claps) 12 November 2002 (murder of Heather Barnett) |
Span of crimes | 1993–2002 |
Country | Italy, United Kingdom |
Location(s) | |
Killed | 2 |
Weapons | Hammer, knife/other sharp instrument |
Date apprehended | 19 May 2010 |
Imprisoned at | |