To protect their mother, they barricaded themselves in the house, blocking the front door and then, when he climbed in, locking him out on the balcony.

It happens in Qualiano (Naples). A 56-year-old drunk man on the balcony of his house threatening his wife and children inside, shouting that he would cut her throat and throw the pieces in a suitcase. He tries to open the balcony door, while someone inside stops him.

This is the scene the police find themselves in front of at one in the morning, and when the soldiers arrive he shouts: "Arrest me or I'll beat you and burn everything."

But let's rewind the tape and understand what happened and go back to the afternoon. The man returned home alone around 4pm: "Mum is in the garage", he told his children. The two, without wasting a moment, reached the mother, on the ground and unconscious, and took her to hospital. Discharged after a few hours, the woman got into her husband's car, while her two children returned in another car. Along the way, however, the two saw her parents' car stopped with the doors open, she was on the ground while he was slapping her, so they rescued her again and took her home.

The 56-year-old walked away for a while, then tried to return home, still insulting and threatening the woman with death, but her children blocked the front door. He didn't give up, he climbed up to the balcony trying to get in through the kitchen window, which was also blocked. So the man remained on the terrace, amidst threats and attempts to open the door, until the police arrived.

The complaint revealed 20 years of never reported violence and harassment. The man was therefore arrested, he must answer for mistreatment in the family and threatening a public official.

(Unioneonline/L)

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