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Child abuse cases in Lecce, Italy
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In early July 2026, 2026 a 33‑year‑old man was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for sexually abusing a 12‑year‑old girl in Lecce. Later that month, month prosecutors sought indictment against moved to indict a 41‑year‑old woman of Peruvian origin living in Salento for aggravated abuse of her 9‑year‑old daughter. The alleged offences, spanning 2024 to March 2025, included indictment request details repeated beatings, biting, throwing bites, attacks with glass objects at the child and silencing her cries by stuffing the child with a towel in her mouth, often while the mother was intoxicated. The child was removed from the home in March 2025 and placed in a protective community. A preliminary hearing is set scheduled for 16 November before the Court Tribunal of Lecce, where the prosecution will request trial seek a prison term for multiple aggravated family maltreatment. maltreatment offenses. The case, handled by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Lecce, underscores ongoing concerns about domestic violence investigations highlight persistent challenges in domestic‑violence and child‑protection enforcement in the region, alongside the earlier sentencing of the man, illustrating a series of investigations and prosecutions of severe child‑abuse offenses in Lecce. Lecce region.
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