Castellammare, harassment of high school students at school: the janitor arrested

The same morning he first kissed a 14-year-old student, and then tried to repeat the move with a friend of his. All inside school. AC, a 61-year-old school assistant at the Plinio Seniore high school branch in Castellammare. With no criminal record, he is now accused of sexually assaulting and attempting to sexually assault minors, incidents that happened to two girls in their first year of high school. Yesterday morning, the Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza of the legal police went Prosecutor’s Office Torre Annunziata they made the protective order under house arrest issued by the investigating judge at the end of the investigation coordinated by the Prosecutor’s Office (prosecutor). Nunzio Fragliassoadded Giovanni Cilentia substitute Ugo Spain).

Bullying at school: what happened?

All this happened on the morning of May in the branch where the high school of art is located. The two girls were spoken to at two different times on the same morning and made to pay attention to the janitor. Out of fear and shame, the two girls had not told anything to their teachers or at home, but the episode had happened in the presence of witnesses. In a matter of hours, suggestions to “take care” of that overbearing janitor had ended up in parent conversations.

As a result of back and forth between the mothers then it was possible to find out that there might be something true in the unusual warning. So, little by little, the two girls came out and told their parents what happened. The two girls were heard in a protected hearing, with a psychologist present, and their story emerged true and detailed. In addition, to prove what happened are the conversations recovered on the mobile phones of the victims, who had mentioned for days that kiss from the janitor, which had disturbed him the tranquility of the school. And again, the conversations between the 61-year-old man under investigation and the two girls, who were also contacted on social media, ended up in the investigation file. At the beginning of the school year, the janitor was transferred, and yesterday morning he was arrested in the house with a ban on communication in any way with anyone except people who lived with him.

The method

In a few hours, with the help of the lawyer Raffaella Farrellithe 61-year-old man will appear before the judge for the warrant questioning. He is also at risk of dismissal. She intervened in the case Ilaria AbagnaleCouncilor delegated for Planning and School Buildings of the Metropolitan City of Naples: «I want to keep the girls in a firm grip, the doors of the Metropolitan City are and will always be open for everything that they must. We can imagine how difficult it was for them to experience this drama, with all the personal and social implications it could generate, and how difficult it was even to muster the courage to open up and tell their story. -everything. I want to launch an appeal: anyone who has the same situation – said Ilaria Abagnale – or who thinks they are in a situation that could lead to abuse, know that this is the time not to hold anything in”.

“Women’s courage has no age – said Annalisa Di Nuzzo, advisor for Equal Opportunities in Castellammare – and transcends generations. Unfortunately, the accusation will not change the brutal violence and prejudice that manifests itself in places where a culture of respect and human dignity should be a condition of absolute priority. Thank you girls for your courage.”