Murderer appears in a different court

Italian newspapers printed photographs last week of a strikingly attractive, dark-haired woman playing volleyball in bright sunshine and cheering on team-mates. She is Erika de Nardo, 22, convicted in 2001 with her boyfriend, Omar Favaro, of the murder of her mother and her 12-year-old brother.

De Nardo and her boyfriend have never explained the killings but some believe that she, at least, was mentally ill - and many people have expressed surprise that she was out on day release after only five years in jail.

Her temporary freedom is part of an initiative to let young prisoners mix with outsiders. But the governor of the prison in Brescia, where de Nardo is serving her 16-year sentence, says it is a 'perfect example of how prisoners should be rehabilitated'.

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