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Cosenza: Woman stalked by ex-partner, the decision to report after yet another episode of violence

The 23-year-old from Cosenza was arrested by the State Police of Cosenza on charges of mistreatment and stalking of his former partner.

Cosenza: Woman stalked by ex-partner, the decision to report after yet another episode of violence

On the day of December 29th last, the State Police personnel executed an order for the application of a precautionary measure in prison, against a 23 year old man from Cosenza, the suspect is charged with the following crimes of mistreatment and stalking (so-called stalking, pursuant to art. 612 bis of the Criminal Code) against her former partner and her new partner.

The measure comes at the end of a rapid and intense investigative activity coordinated by the local Public Prosecutor's Office and started following a complaint filed by the injured party in the first days of the current month, collected by the police officers of the Flying Squad. The police officers, specialized in dealing with crimes against people belonging to the category of the so-called vulnerable groups, they listened to the woman with particular sensitivity, collecting detailed descriptions of the various harassing episodes.

Cosenza: donna perseguitata dall'ex convivente, la decisione di denunciare dopo l'ennesimo episodio di violenza

In particular, the woman had presented herself at the Police Headquarters, after yet another episode of violence perpetrated by the man, this time in the presence of the victim's new partner. During the course of the complaint, the woman retraced the incident, tracing a cross-section of authentic daily suffering due to the behavior of the man who, despite the several years that had passed since the end of the relationship, persecuted her, with repeated death threats, also sent via email and social messaging, intimidating her even with clear death threats, and even physically attacking her. In fact, last summer the man followed the woman under the front door of her house, punching her three times in the face. The woman, harassed by her ex-partner, was even forced to seek medical treatment due to the psychological repercussions caused by the man's behavior.

The immediate investigations carried out by the Flying Squad, coordinated by the local Prosecutor's Office, through the questioning of other individuals with knowledge of the facts, allowed to confirm the context described in the complaint. The investigation activity, started by the Mobile Squad personnel and coordinated by the Public Prosecutor of Cosenza, found its epilogue in the execution of the precautionary measure, and confirms once again the commitment, the particular attention and sensitivity of the State Police, of the men of the Police Headquarters, directed by the Police Chief Cannizzaro, and of the Judicial Authority, in addressing with careful and timely intervention the phenomenon of gender violence and the protection of the so-called weak groups.

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