A socialite who repeatedly ran over a mugger with her SUV after she snatched her bag is to face trial for his murder.
Italian businesswoman Cinzia Dal Pino, 65, was caught on street CCTV ramming the thief with her white Mercedes GLE in Viareggio, Tuscany, in September last year (2024).
The grim footage shows Dal Pino swerve off the road in her GBP 80,000 4X4 to plough into 52-year-old thief Nourdine Mezgoui.
Picture shows Said Malkoun's sister, undated. He was run over by a car in Viareggio, Italy, on Sept. 08, 2025. Note: Private photo. (Newsflash/NX)
As he falls to the ground, Dal Pino reverses and then drives forward, crushing him under the front wheels of her two-and-a-half-tonne motor.
But as Moroccan national Mezgoui writhes in agony, Dal Pino reverses and runs over him twice more until he stops moving.
Then she hops out of the SUV limo in her stiletto heels before she takes back her bag, gets back in the car and drives off.
Mezgoui was later declared dead at the scene after passersby called paramedics.
Cinzia Dal Pino poses in undated photo. She killed a thief who stole her purse in Viareggio, Italy. Note: Private photo taken from local media. (Newsflash)
Now, officials at the Court of Assizes in Lucca have set Dal Pino's trial opening date on a charge of aggravated voluntary homicide for 24th September.
Pino told police earlier that Mezgoui had mugged her as she came out of a restaurant after a dinner date.
Her 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."
Cinzia Dal Pino poses in undated photo. She killed a thief who stole her purse in Viareggio, Italy. Note: Private photo taken from local media. (Newsflash)
Dal Pino, who has been under house arrest for the past 10 months, is also accused of cruelty, deceitful methods and killing her victim while he was unable to defend himself.
Marzaduri's motion to downgrade the charge to self-defence or manslaughter was rejected by the court.
Dal Pino faces life behind bars if convicted.
(Joseph Golder / newsX)