Woman and New Boyfriend Tried to ‘Purge’ Her of Previous Relationships by Throwing Acid on One Ex, Trying to Castrate Anothe

With the help of her new boyfriend, an Italian woman tried to purge herself of all her previous relationships by throwing acid on her ex-boyfriends.

Martina Levato, 23, had recently started dating 30-year-old Alexander Boettcher, of Germany, when the couple planned to attack Levato’s previous boyfriends with acid.

Levato and Boettcher carried out the attack on Pietro Barbini, 22, who suffered third-degree burns and right eye damage.

The couple was then arrested on December 28 of last year. Prosecutors say Levato has a history of violence against men, and last May she even tried to castrate a man’s genitals. The plan was for the woman to “do something bad” to each of the men she had previously dated after Boettcher asked her to draw up a list of her previous relationships.

However, the scope of the planned attacks was greater than those Levato dated. The couple was planning on making a trip to London in January to attack a man who had simply flirted with Levato in Ibiza, according to Giuseppe Gennari, an investigating judge.

Investigators uncovered evidence showing the couple had purchased “corrosive liquid,” along with pepper spray and paint ball guns before the attack. A third person, Andrea Magnani, 32, was also arrested in connection to the attacks.