A diner who shot a chef four times for reportedly not cooking his kebab to his standards has been jailed for 12 years.
Federico Pecorale, 30, shot Yelfry Rosado Guzman, 23, at the CasaRustí restaurant by the Piazza della Rinascita, a busy square in Pescara, Italy, on April 10 2022.
Three bullets struck Yelfry’s back and one hit his back, leaving him paralysed.
Footage captured the moment the father of one stumbled to the floor as a terrified colleague looks on at around 1:15pm.
After shooting at him again, Pecorale left and headed back to his hotel in Piazza Santa Caterina to grab his luggage.
He fled to his grandparents’ home in Gissi before heading north in a taxi, igniting a manhunt involving city police as well as forces from nearby towns Ferno, Ancona and Pesaro and traffic police from Abruzzo and Marche.
Officers cornered Pecorale at the Metauro service area on the A14 motorway in Pesaro, 120 miles north of Pescara.
La Repubblica reported at the time that Percorale was ‘calm and stern’ when approached by police, who found an automatic pistol on him.
He had been staying in Pescara for 20 days and had eaten at the ristobar CasaRustí the day before the shooting.
Pescara Court heard last week how Pecorale fired at Yelfry because the chef allegedly undercooked his arrosticini – skewers made from mutton or lamb from the Abruzzo region.
Though, Repubblica reports say that it was down to his order taking too long to be prepared.
But Pecorale has never provided a reason why he shot Yelfry, according to the Italian news network Il Centro.
His lawyer, Florenzo Coletti, told local media at the time of the shooting that his client carried the automatic pistol with him as people routinely ‘mock’ his incompetence.
Pecorale suffered from serious brain injuries after being involved in a car accident when he was 19, La Repubblica said, citing sources close to the investigation.
A mental health evaluation concluded that the defendant’s capacity to understand and make decisions was partially diminished.
On June 22, the Italian press reported that Judge Francesco Marino sentenced Pecorale to seven years in prison and five years in a mental health facility.
Pecorale, from Montesilvano in the Abruzzo region, was also ordered the pay the victim €200,000 (£171,000).
Though, this was far less than the €350,000 (£300,0000) requested by Guzman’s lawyer, Piero Bisceglie.
