Bolzano – La Flying Squad from the State Police carried out against an Italian citizen of 30 years Of Moroccan origins, and his mother, 64 years old, both with specific precedents for similar mistreatment towards the man’s previous partner, the precautionary measure of the approach ban issued by the Gip of the court of Bolzano for the crimes of mistreatment in the family and sexual violence aggravated committed against a young 24-year-old, also a Moroccan citizen, respectively wife and daughter-in-law of the suspects, who arrived in Italy a few weeks ago with the dream of starting a new happy life alongside her husband.
The investigation conducted by the Flying Squad began a couple of weeks ago following the complaint filed by the victim, and made it possible to find confirmation of what she reported during a harrowing testimony collected by the investigators thanks to the help of an interpreter .
The young bride reported how she was prevented from leaving the house independently and, on those rare occasions when she went out accompanied by her husband or mother-in-law, she was forced to wear a veil.
The situation suddenly worsened last April 6, when her husband caused her various injuries: the girl, taking advantage of a moment of distraction between the two, fled from the house and reached the police station, indicated to her by some passers-by.
Here she told the police how her husband and her mother-in-law had repeatedly carried out seriously abusive behavior towards her both from a physical and psychological point of view, even carrying out acts of actual aggravated sexual violence, only to then be forced to have sexual relations with man as deemed necessary for free him from a curse, all in the presence of the mother-in-law intent on performing magical rites to propitiate the healing of her son from a dysfunction.
At the end of her terrible testimony, the girl was placed by the police in a protected facility, where she is provided with continuous and qualified assistance.
In light of what emerged from this terrible affair, the police commissioner of Bolzano Paolo Sartori has disposed towards the two suspects – mother and son – the personal prevention measure of the warning, as well as starting the procedure for the revocation of the residence permit for the former.
“Gender violence, in addition to representing a particularly hateful form of crime as it is committed to the detriment of victims who are often unable to defend themselves, represents a serious cultural problem – highlighted Commissioner Sartori -. In this case, moreover, the physical and psychological violence was aggravated by the performance of magical rites, by forcing the victim to wear the veil and by preventing her from leaving the house.
As part of the systematic intensification of the extraordinary general prevention and territorial control services arranged by the police commissioner of Bolzano Paolo Sartori and carried out throughout the South Tyrolean Province, yesterday morning the agents of the Commissariat Of State Police Of Merano they intervened following a request received by the Operations Center of the Commissariat on the emergency number “112 NUE”, which reported the presence of a violent subject who was throwing a fit inside the Banca Popolare in via Matteotti.
THE Policemen from the Squad “Steering wheels”, who intervened in the indicated place within a few minutes, found themselves faced with a subject, Y.B., citizen Nigerian Of 46 years old, multiple offenders and in possession of a regular Residence Permit – who shouted, yelled at and threatened the employees on duty at the branches of the banking institution, all for no real reason.
The officers, realizing what was happening, first tried to reassure the man; but these, however, continuing to verbally attack anyone who tried to approach, at a certain point he fled in order to escape the police.
Immediately chased by Policementhe man was blocked after a few meters, despite the violent reaction of the latter, who started hitting them with kicks and punches.
Forcibly transferred to the police car, once he entered the offices of the police station, the foreign criminal became even more furious, threatening and repeatedly hitting the officers and seriously damaging furniture and furnishings.
A Policeman, violently bitten on the arm by him, had to seek medical attention. At the end of the identification checks, the photo-signalling operations and the activities of the Judicial Police, YB was declared under arrest for the crimes of resistance, violence and threats to a Public Official, taken to the Security Rooms of the Police Headquarters and made available to the Judicial authority.
The Nigerian, already known to the police for previous, similar episodes, is regularly residing on the national territory, not being able to be expelled to date as he awaits recognition of international protection; despite this, and in consideration of the seriousness of the precedents and the behavior adopted during the arrest, the Police Commissioner immediately instructed the Immigration Office to report the incident to the Refugee Commission, in order to prevent him from obtaining the status of “asylant” and, consequently, to be able to issue an Expulsion Decree against him to permanently remove him from our National Territory.
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