A Monza Assize Court on Fridaysentenced Zakaria Atqaoui, 23, to 24 years in prison forstabbing his ex-girlfriend Sofia Castelli, 20, to death on 29July last in Cinisello Balsamo (Milan).
Prosecutors had asked for life imprisonment.
"It is a severe but still unjust sentence", commented the victim's family's lawyers.
Italy is enduring a wave of femicides.