A 5-month-old baby in intensive care with serious lesions in his oral cavity, his father in prison accused of abusing him .

A terrible case of abuse of a newborn has been discovered in a hospital in Padua, where the young father, a 22-year-old, continued to abuse his son and was caught red-handed by the police.

The family lives in the province of Vicenza, has another small child and everything happened without the mother knowing. The father himself accompanied the child to the emergency room in Padua a few days ago for respiratory problems. But during the visit the pediatricians noticed that the child's oral cavity had serious lesions, a sign of mutilations inexplicable if not with a case of violence and abuse.

The doctors wasted no time and reported the facts to the police and the Flying Squad immediately took action, mobilizing the section specialized in crimes against minors and informing the Prosecutor's Office.

The first tests showed that the child's conditions had even worsened compared to the time of hospitalization , and the only people who approached him, in addition to doctors and nurses, were his parents. So microcameras were placed in the hospital , which confirmed: " During visiting hours in the ward, when the father was sure he was alone and not seen by doctors and nurses, he committed torture and violent acts against the child, causing him serious injuries ." The officers broke into the hospital room and surprised him while he was "manipulating" the child's oral cavity .

Arrested in flagrante delicto, the man did not say a word and did not resist. He also remained silent before the investigating judge, who ordered his detention in prison during the validation hearing. The 22-year-old is accused of mistreatment in the family and serious injuries.

In addition to wounds to the oral cavity, which prevented him from eating normally, the child - it is learned - has lesions to some internal organs, suspected to be the result of beatings received in the family environment . The child's mother, who said she was unaware of the father's behavior, continues to visit her son every day. "I didn't do anything to him," the woman repeated to investigators.

The comment of the Police Chief of Padua, Marco Odorisio: «A shocking story - he states - on which it is difficult, if not impossible, to find an explanation. Parents are those who should care for and protect their children, make them feel safe. Humanly it is something that hurts a lot».

One wonders why a father would have to inflict such torture on his little son, and the shocking hypothesis of economic motives emerges. The 22-year-old, writes Il Gazzettino, would have acted to cause irreversible damage to the child and make him disabled in order to obtain economic benefits .

The child continues to fight in the intensive care unit and the road to recovery is still very long . The general director of the ASL, Giuseppe Dal Ban, declared to the Corriere: «We found ourselves faced with an unimaginable situation, but as soon as we realized that something was wrong we notified the Prosecutor's Office, collaborating with the police to find out what was happening».

(Unioneonline/L)

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