An Italian vet who had inferiority issues due to his small manhood has been found guilty of murder after he went to a mother-of-two’s flat with flowers and a card to try and save their relationship – before stabbing her to death when she rejected him.
What really happened
Dr Alberto Fioletti, 31, knifed Stephanie Hodgkinson, 34, six times in the chest and once in the back when she told him they had no future together.
Fioletti, a narcissist who the court heard slept with many women to ‘validate’ himself, then turned the knife on himself, injuring his stomach, before calling 999. He told the operator ‘I killed my girlfriend’.
Just days before the incident, he told his partner: ‘I hope you’re happy with yourself…you’re gonna have a death on your hands.’
Police and paramedics arrived at the flat in Alum Chine, Bournemouth, Dorset, and found Stephanie on the floor next to the breakfast bar in her kitchen.
She succumbed to her injuries
Her injuries were ‘non-survivable’ with severe injuries to her heart, lungs and great vessels, causing catastrophic bleeding.
Fioletti was arrested for murder and taken to hospital for treatment of his wounds.
He admitted a charge of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility but he denied murder.
But following a three-week trial at Bournemouth Crown Court, a jury found him guilty.
Official report
The trial heard how he developed a narcissistic personality disorder and had slept with many women to ‘validate’ himself as he had inferiority issues because of his ‘small penis’.
He manipulated previous girlfriends by threatening to kill himself to gain sympathy.
Bournemouth Crown Court heard that Stephanie, a divorced mum-of-two, had met Fioletti through a dating website and they had been in a relationship since October 2022.
Steven Perian KC, prosecuting, said he and Stephenie had a heated argument on May 5 this year when she kicked him out of her home.
They agreed to meet to talk on May 12.
Stephanie had told her sister she wanted to meet him in a public place to tell him she couldn’t see a future together.
The court heard the day before the meeting, Fioletti texted his Italian doctor saying: ‘If I had to definitely lose her tomorrow night, this time I will have to put an end to it once and for all.’
