Horror moment socialite runs over thief in her Mercedes SUV & kills him after he stole her handbag in hols hotspot
THIS is the horror moment an Italian socialite runs over a mugger after taking the law into her own hands.
Footage shows Cinzia Dal Pino, 65, allegedly ramming Said Malkoun, a 47-year-old drifter, with her car after he mugged her.
The security cam footage shows Dal Pino’s white Mercedes SUV pinning Malkoun against a shop front, before reversing and hitting him again.
It is alleged that Dal Pino hit Malkoun four times with her car.
Malkoun can be seen moving but collapsed to the ground.
The video footage then shows a woman in heels exit the car and remove a bag from Malkoun’s possession.
She then re-enters the car and speeds away from the crime scene.
Police later arrested Dal Pino after they had identified her car. She is currently held at the Don Bosco prison.
According to The Times, she claimed that she had not intended to kill Malkoun, she only wanted her bag back.
Dal Pino said she had come out of a restaurant at about 11pm on Sunday and was stopped by Malkoun as she approached her parked car.
He threatened her with a knife and ordered her to hand over her bag, she said.
Dal Pino’s lawyer Enrico Marzaduri said: “She didn’t want to kill but to stop the man and get her bag back.
“Inside it were her documents and house keys and she was fearful he would have committed other crimes.”
He also claimed his client couldn’t call the police because her phone was in her handbag.
According to local media, Dal Pino is the well-known owner of a beach club in Viareggio, Italy.
Cinzia said: “I was threatened with death. What was I supposed to do?”
“I thought he had a knife.
Police did not find a knife among Malkoun’s possessions.
A couple came across Malkoun after he was struck by a car. They called 118, however, he died shortly after arriving at the hospital.
Enrico Carboni, a lawyer who defended him on various occasions, said: “I would often see him hanging around my office and on the steps of the local church, wandering from one place to another, but he was not dangerous.”