A woman was shot dead by her estranged husband after he lured her to a meeting saying they were going to discuss their split.

Instead, brutal Angelo Reina, 42, killed his 39-year-old wife Marisa Lea with a rifle and then turned the gun on himself, say police in Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy.

The double killing leaves their four-year-old daughter an orphan.

Local media reports that Reina had told his ex he wanted to clarify the terms of their divorce when they met at his family’s plant nursery on 7th September.

But he shot her on sight and drove off, killing himself with a single bullet to the head in a nearby viaduct, say police.

Reina had a history of violence, and in 2020 had been reported to police for stalking his estranged wife.

Marisa was a senior executive in the Cantine Colomba Bianca winery and had often campaigned for women’s rights.

Local mayor Domenico Venuti said: “Our community is shocked by what happened. There are no words to describe the pain of an absurd and unacceptable tragedy.

“I express my condolences and closeness to the family on behalf of myself, the administration, and the entire city of Salemi.

“We join the family in the memory of a cheerful girl who he loved life. The day of the funeral will be a day of mourning in Salemi.

“It is necessary to spotlight an unacceptable and unbearable phenomenon like femicide. Farewell, Marisa.”

Cantine Colomba Bianca wrote on Facebook: “Farewell, Marisa, you were and will be light. Marisa Leo, marketing and communication manager of Colomba Blanca, was taken away from life.

“Woman of wine, caring and inspirational mother of our wineries.

“Mind and arm of successful choices, backbone of international projects for the Italian wine chain, visionary communicator in the world of wines made in Sicily.

“She was active against gender-based violence. It’s inexplicable to imagine a new harvest without her.

“We express our deepest condolences for the loss suffered by Marisa’s family, of which we feel an integral part.”