He caught him stealing melons from his land and beat him .
The attempted theft that occurred during the night in Sanluri was about to end in tragedy. A 67-year-old man, who will be reported for attempted theft, was hospitalized at Brotzu under code red .
And the owner of the land, a 56-year-old man, also risks being sued for aggravated personal injury and damage.
The 56-year-old was sleeping when some noises woke him up. He left the house with his two children and caught the 67-year-old trying to steal a box of melons, he reached him and hit him violently with a stick, also breaking the windows of the 67-year-old's car .
The man, already known to the police, suffered numerous injuries but his life is not in danger .
The Carabinieri of the Sanluri Company and a 118 ambulance were on site, which accompanied the injured man in code red to Brotzu.
The stick used in the attack and the pruning shears used by the thief were seized.
(Unioneonline/L)
