He beats his wife, his 9-year-old daughter has him arrested

At nine years old she found the courage to intervene between her father who was beating her mother, then to run away with her out of the house and call the police, arresting the man who had been mistreating her for a long time. A little girl thus interrupted yet another spiral of violence in Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza), before it was too late.

The police officers of the Bassano police station thus tracked down and arrested a man, a 51-year-old Moroccan citizen, on charges of domestic abuse.

The call to the emergency number 112 by the little girl dates back to around 1.40pm yesterday. She clearly told the switchboard that she had just run away from home with her mother, the victim of a violent attack by her father.

The patrol tracked them down shortly afterwards, on the street, near a school: the mother, in a clear state of shock and in tears, showed signs of blows to her head and right arm, and was hospitalized.

According to what the minor told the police, the attack occurred during lunch, for trivial reasons; the man allegedly pushed his wife to the ground, who hit her head on the kitchen table, then stepped on her arm. Not happy, he attempted to throw a chair at the woman, but at that point the little girl intervened between her parents, avoiding the worst for her mother. The man also pulled and pushed his daughter away, fortunately without causing any injuries.

While the victims were entrusted to the care of doctors, the officers quickly went to the family's home, where the attacker was found, in a clear state of alteration due to alcohol abuse.

The man made some spontaneous statements admitting responsibility for the violent acts. Other investigations have brought to light a serious and prolonged context of physical and psychological violence that had lasted for years.

The 51-year-old was already burdened by numerous criminal and police records, and was thus declared under arrest for the crime of domestic abuse. Having informed the Public Prosecutor on duty at the Vicenza Public Prosecutor's Office, he was taken to the prison, awaiting the validation hearing.