A young 28-year-old mother from Palermo was arrested by officers of the judicial police section at the Palermo prosecutor’s office accused of serious physical and psychological abuse and personal injury perpetrated against her young child. The red code was triggered after some reports of what was happening in her family unit.
The provision was issued by the investigating judge of Palermo at the request of the prosecutor’s office of the gender violence, domestic violence and protection of vulnerable victims department. The staff of the state police section investigated, monitoring day and night to prevent any danger for the child subjected to violence. The collaboration between the investigators and the staff working in the school attended by the minor was fundamental. The violence was not only physical, but also verbal and psychological.
The mother, threatening serious consequences, tried to influence her little son to lie to the school teachers about the nature of the visible scratches that she herself had caused him. During the tailing, the officers discovered that the suspect had exposed her son to degraded and criminal social contexts. During the execution of the restrictive measure, the use of female personnel from the judicial police section of the State Police, specialized in crimes of domestic violence, was essential, especially to guarantee the minor. The suspect was taken to Pagliarelli prison.
