Death threat on the landing: violent husband arrested after months of abuse
Quick Look
- A 37-year-old Neapolitan woman found the threat 'Time is up...
- I'll kill you' on the landing of her house, written by her 44-year-old husband from whom she separated in July.
- After months of violence, assaults and a failed attempt at rapprochement, the man was arrested in flagrante delicto by the Carabinieri for family mistreatment and persecutory acts, in compliance with an order from the investigating judge, and taken to Poggioreale prison.
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Why It Matters
The woman had separated by mutual consent from her husband in July before the judge, but the forced cohabitation continued due to the man's alcohol addiction, leading to a progressive deterioration of the relationship and repeated attacks.
Time is up... I'll kill you: it's the death threat that a 37-year-old Neapolitan woman, mother of two boys aged 13 and 10, found on the landing of her house, in front of the door of the apartment where she lives with her children. The message was engraved on a wall by her 44-year-old husband, from whom she had separated by mutual consent in July, in front of the judge.
An act that was supposed to establish peace and which instead started a nightmare from which the woman managed to escape only yesterday when the man was arrested flagrantly, after yet another violence and also in execution of a provision from the investigating judge issued following the activation of a "red code". The relationship gradually deteriorated due to the man's addiction to alcohol. She, constantly the victim of verbal attacks, also attempted a rapprochement, which failed, in the first ten days of August. "I did it for the children," she justified.
But the forced cohabitation made the 44-year-old more aggressive and obsessive: on August 28 he beat her, forcing her to seek medical attention. The complaint dated August 29 triggered the "red code". On August 31, the man showed up late in the evening in front of his father-in-law's house where his ex-wife was with their children, demanding to take them back and kicking and punching the door of the building until he uprooted the doors and broke the glass. At 3.30 he returned to the woman's new house: he woke her up by hitting the door with his fists and uttering heavy insults and threats, in dialect.
The violent episodes were repeated on September 14 and September 23, the day the 37-year-old discovered the writing on the wall.
Yesterday, when he returned from work, he found the house devastated: furniture in pieces, the refrigerator overturned as well as the table and chairs. Not even the statuette of Padre Pio was saved. Another complaint was triggered: the military started looking for the man just when the investigating judge issued an order for the application of a coercive measure against the man.
In the afternoon the 44-year-old went to the police to be notified. There he was arrested in deferred flagrante delicto, for family mistreatment and persecutory acts, and also pursuant to the judge's order. He is now locked in the Poggioreale prison.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The man will remain in precautionary custody awaiting trial for family abuse and persecutory acts
Very likely · Within weeks
The woman will be able to start a path out of violence with the activation of the 'red code' and the support of anti-violence services
Likely · Within months
Open Questions
- What will be the next steps in the legal proceedings against the man?
- Will the woman and her children receive protection or psychological support after the arrest?
- Is there a precedent of complaints or interventions by social services in this family?
