The Naples Court of Assizes of Appeal has confirmed the life sentence imposed on Salvatore Ferraiuolo for the killing of his former partner, Anna Scala, in Piano di Sorrento on 17 August 2023.

The appeal ruling upholds the judgment issued at first instance by the Naples Court of Assizes in June 2025. Reporting by Il Mattino, ANSA and Corriere Napoli agrees on the outcome: the conviction and the life sentence stand.

What the appeal confirmed

The appeal court confirmed the life sentence for Ferraiuolo for Scala's killing. The decision follows the first-instance life sentence handed down in June 2025 by the Naples Court of Assizes.

The available reporting does not establish whether the appeal judgment is final or whether further proceedings may follow.

The facts reported

Anna Scala was killed in Piano di Sorrento on 17 August 2023.

According to ANSA, she was stabbed 17 times and her body was found in the boot of a car. Corriere Napoli reports that the killing occurred in a private garage in Piano di Sorrento and that the body was placed in the boot of a car.

The prosecution's account, as reported by Corriere Napoli, placed the killing in a private garage and described an attempt to conceal the body in the victim's vehicle.

The defence presented Ferraiuolo's account that the killing occurred during an argument. The court nevertheless confirmed the conviction and sentence.

From first instance to appeal

The sequence documented in the acquired reporting is:

  • 17 August 2023: Anna Scala is killed in Piano di Sorrento.
  • June 2025: the Naples Court of Assizes imposes a life sentence on Salvatore Ferraiuolo at first instance.
  • Appeal: the Naples Court of Assizes of Appeal confirms the life sentence.

The complete written reasoning of the appeal judgment is not available in the acquired material, and the sources differ in how much detail they provide about aggravating circumstances and the full evidentiary reasoning.

Location context

The reported crime scene is a private garage in Piano di Sorrento, in the Metropolitan City of Naples. The concealment element reported by multiple outlets — the placement of the body in the boot of the victim's car — is part of the prosecution account carried in the reporting.

Readers following the case should treat the confirmed points as the appeal outcome, the date and place, the reported number of stab wounds, and the reported concealment of the body in the car boot. Questions about finality and the court's full reasoning remain outside what the acquired sources establish.