Severe and abuse of his wife for 3 years, sentenced to five and a half years
VENICE – For three years he mistreated and tortured his wife, offending her, threatening her, sometimes even beating her to end up with forcing her to immediately sexual acts against his will. In other words, he had given her back her life, keeping her in a situation of perpetual fear. Yesterday BS 53 years of Moroccan originwas sentenced by the Court to 5 years and 6 months for family abuse and sexual violence. The man has been in prison for almost a year, having been subjected to pre-trial detention, as the threats had continued even that the woman had left poor away from home.
The woman, her compatriot, reported in the complaint that she had undergone this torture since 2018. According to the reconstruction of the prosecutor Giorgio Gava, she had suffered abuse of all kinds: the man went back into the house at night and started shouting offensive sentences . She then reported that she was withdrawn by the neck, beaten, even threatened with death and burned. At the hearing it emerged that on one occasion the man set her clothes on fire.
According to the documents, the man would also be told that when he got tired of using her as a servant, he would kill him and return to his country, since he didn’t like Italy.
Threats of death and beatings also for having non-consenting sexual performances as they are considered contrary to the Islamic faith.
Cases of violence in the family have also increased in the Venetian territory during the last years of the pandemic, as linked by the latest reports presented on the occasion of the opening of the judicial year 2021 and 2022. less conspicuous violence than those committed in public places through assaults by strangers, but no less serious. Sexual crimes against minors have also increased within families.
During yesterday’s trial, the court heard the victim, her brother, a neighbor and a police officer who had intervened during one of the disputed incidents. People who had given their testimony at the investigation stage. The woman chose not to become a civil party, the man was defended by the lawyer Marco Borella. At the time of the discussion, the prosecutor had finished six years in prison.