Rome, attempts to rape his partner's 14-year-old daughter: saved by the 'signal for help'

He attempted to rape his partner's 14-year-old daughter while they were in the car, but the girl managed to avoid the worst thanks to the 'signal for help' which attracted the attention of a passing police patrol.

The episode happened on Thursday in the Rocca Cencia area, on the outskirts of Rome. The man, a Romanian citizen, was arrested on charges of aggravated sexual assault.

The intervention was triggered when the officers noticed the girl in the car making a sign against violence with her hand, taking advantage of a moment in which the man had entered a shop. The fourteen-year-old would have said that on the car ride from the province of Rome he would have started with unusual attentions, promises of gifts and attempted to abuse her. Several bottles of alcohol were found in the car.