A man’s chilling confession on a live television interview has sparked an ethics war in Italy.
Lorenzo Carbone, 50, was interviewed outside of his home in Spezzano di Fiorano by Pomeriggio5 when he suddenly confessed to killing his elderly mother.
Visibly distressed, he told reporter Fabio Giuffrida: ‘I strangled her, I don’t know why I did it. Every now and then she made me angry as she kept repeating herself.’
His mum Loretta Levrini, 80 – who suffered from dementia – was found dead by her daughter this weekend.
The camera crew allegedly found Carbone outside of his home. After he confessed, they called the police – then aired his confession as an ‘exclusive’ story.
Gaia Tortora, the deputy director of the TV channel TG La7, slammed the decision, writing: ‘This is not our job. Tearing up the code of ethics, we are hitting rock bottom.’
The show’s presenter, Myrta Merlino, defended airing the …