A serious episode of domestic violence occurred yesterday afternoon in Giardini Naxos. A 77-year-old man was arrested in flagrante delicto by the Carabinieri of the Taormina Company on charges of attempted femicide against his 76-year-old wife.
Even more tragic consequences were avoided by the timely intervention of the police, prompted by an emergency call to “112 NUE” made by the couple’s domestic worker. The woman, present in the house, raised the alarm immediately after witnessing the attack.
The soldiers from the local station and the Radiomobile Division of the Taormina Company arrived promptly on the scene and tracked down the man inside the house in a clear state of agitation.
The investigations carried out on the occasion and the statements acquired from the witness present at the event made it possible to reconstruct the alleged dynamics of the event: the man allegedly attacked his wife for trivial reasons, to the point of attempting to strangle her with the power cable of a mobile phone.
The 77-year-old was arrested and taken to the Gazzi prison in Messina, at the disposal of the Judicial Authority, awaiting the hearing to validate the arrest. The man will be questioned on Monday by the investigating judge Salvatore Pugliese, in the presence of his defender, the lawyer Giovanni Mannuccia.