A new, shocking case of child abuse has been discovered in the province of Agrigento, where a 40-year-old was arrested by the carabinieri on charges of raping his partner's daughter, just 10 years old.
Not only that: the man has also repeatedly mistreated the little brother of the little girl, 8 years old, beating him and subjecting him to repeated psychological harassment.
Now the man will have to answer for sexual violence against minors, abuse in the family and injuries.
The investigations began in mid-August when a teenager from Agrigento, under the age of 16, asked the carabinieri for "help" denouncing the abuses and violence.
The mother of the two children also came under investigation, as it seems she knew about what was happening in the house to the detriment of her children, but she was silent because "she did not want to blow up the family". So no complaint, but - as the only precaution - the woman would have limited herself, once the abuse on her daughter had been discovered, only to not leave her alone with the 40-year-old anymore.
The reconstruction of what happened in the house, made by Captain Luigi Pacifico who coordinates the company of the Carabinieri of Canicattì who is following the investigation, is gruesome.
"The child, it emerged from the investigation and from his statements, would have been beaten and subdued to the point of believing he deserved the physical punishment inflicted on him: '... when I do bullshit, but for me this is not normal,' he told investigators. , explaining that the blows were 'strong, but not exaggerated' ".
Again, the two brothers reported that their stepfather brandished a rubber hose to beat them. "The girl was also beaten by her stepfather - explained the captain - who exercised a particular 'Ius corrigendi': he locked the kids in the house, not letting them hang out with their peers. The girl, on one occasion, destroyed the mobile phone and then, when he abused it, he promised to buy it back ".
The little girl, due to the beatings, was also twice in hospital, where, however, she told of having fallen and having had "domestic accidents". Then, however, after the abuse, he told everything to the carabinieri, who finally put the handcuffs on the wrists of the ogre.
(Unioneonline / lf)