Bangladeshi man arrested in Padua for breaching restraining order
A 30-year-old man was detained by police as he attempted to approach his wife, violating a precautionary measure. He was under investigation for domestic abuse.
Arrest for breach of precautionary measure in Padua
According to questure.poliziadistato.it, a 30-year-old Bangladeshi citizen was arrested during the night of Monday 9 November in Padua in flagrante delicto for breach of a removal order from the family home and a restraining order prohibiting approach to the injured party. The man was already subject to precautionary measures following a complaint by his wife for domestic abuse.
The intervention was triggered at approximately 1:25 when the Operations Room received an emergency report from an Italian female citizen who reported hearing screams for help from a woman in English coming from the street. A patrol from the Rapid Response Section proceeded to the scene within minutes and found the man in the act of dragging a Bangladeshi woman, identified as his wife.
At the time of detention, the man attempted to minimise what had occurred, claiming he wanted to take his wife home after a telephone quarrel with relatives in Bangladesh. The woman, visibly agitated, was unable to provide her own account of events initially due to a language barrier.
Checks in police force databases confirmed that the man had been subject to precautionary measures in August following his wife's complaint. He had been imposed the obligation of daily presentation to judicial police, removal from the family home and a restraining order prohibiting approach within a thousand metres without prior authorisation from the judicial authority. Furthermore, all contact with his wife was forbidden, even through a third party.
According to the police questure, the wife and minor daughter had been victims of repeated violence. The woman had been struck with slaps, punches and kicks to various parts of her body, verbally humiliated and on several occasions strangled in an attempt to suffocate her. The man's violent behaviour was linked to alcohol abuse, rendering him unpredictable and representing a concrete danger to the safety of his family members.
Following the arrest, the 30-year-old was placed at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Padua pending the holding of a hearing with immediate trial procedure. The Prefect of the Province of Padua Marco Odorisio also activated the Immigration Office to initiate the procedure for revocation of the residence permit.
Source: Google News IT — Crime (it)