He beat and threatened his elderly and sick father to get 2,000 euros . It happened in a house in the Cederna area, in Monza , where a 44-year-old with drug and alcohol addiction problems , already known to the police, transformed the house into a "theater of horrors" . When the parent refused to give the requested sum, the man started destroying the furniture and the rooms. The patrols of the Monza Police Headquarters arrived on the spot, following a report from some citizens who heard screams and thuds coming from the apartment .
The policemen - upon their arrival - found the front door open and damaged, with the man greatly altered. In the room, lying in bed, the 78-year-old debilitated and with a catheter. According to the old man's story, his son kept asking him for money and then pushed and slapped him, preventing him from calling for help.
Emergency services were also on site to ascertain the health conditions of the elderly man. Meanwhile the son, despite the presence of the officers, continued to want to attack the parent. Brought to the police headquarters, he then tried to hurt himself by biting his tongue and headbutting the walls of the security room. A dose of ketamine was also found on him. Given the situation, the Red Code procedure was activated.
(Unioneonline/vf)