They had believed him, his father and mother. They were convinced that he had changed and had allowed him to serve the last part of his sentence for mistreatment in the family at home. But he repaid them, again, with the same coin: violence. And always for the same reason: money to get drunk.
He risked his life Agostino Cannelora, from Castellammare di Stabia, in the province of Naples, 89 years old just a few days ago, precisely on 2 December. His son Catello, aged 58, tried to kill him, at the height of a quarrel in the presence of his elderly mother which occurred at 3 pm yesterday, Sunday 5 December.
According to the account provided to investigators, the 58-year-old first repeatedly hit his father with a crutch that the elderly man used to compensate for his severe walking problems. Then she put her hands around his neck in an attempt to suffocate him. Fortunately, the elderly man was able to defend himself from the fury of his son but the latter, not satisfied with the violence inflicted up to that moment, grabbed a bottle of alcohol and sprayed the flammable liquid on the bed where the father was, in the he intends to start the fire with a lighter.
Only the prayers of the terrified mother stopped him.
In the house where the three live, shortly afterwards the carabinieri from the Castellammare station arrived with their colleagues from the Radiomobile Operational Unit: Catello Cannelora was arrested on charges of mistreatment in the family and attempted murder.
The elderly father was immediately subjected to visits by the medical guard: the doctors found bruises and bruises deemed curable in seven days. Obviously, he could not help but report his son, now available to the investigators of the Torre Annunziata prosecutor's office.
The man told the military that attacks, insults and ill-treatment had been going on for a month now.
(Unioneonline / vl)
