Waiting for the DNA The prosecutor asked for the examination of the DNA of the mother and of the man to verify if the latter could really be the father of the child, something denied by his lawyer.
The suspect’s lawyer: “No abandonment” “There was no abandonment of minors. I confirm the arrest and the existence of a delicate investigation but I would like to specify that the intervention of the police and an ambulance on the places where the minor was allegedly found was not accidental, nor It was in fact the same suspect, in the company of a friend, who called the police so that the newborn was transported as soon as possible to the hospital and there, legitimately, entrusted to the care of the health workers and to a adoption, as required by law “, explained the lawyer Michele Sbezzi, defender of the butcher arrested by the police.
“The relationship with the woman ended six months ago” The man “was having an affair with the woman who had never told the suspect that she was expecting a baby and the relationship between them was broken about 6 months ago. When the woman called him asking for help, he would have went to her and found her with the baby in her arms. She took the baby with the intention of taking him to the hospital and then she would change her mind by deciding to go to her shop. There she called a friend and together they called for help “.
According to the lawyer, therefore, “no abandonment occurred and, indeed, the safety of the newborn was ensured precisely by the fact that the suspect chose to urgently call the police”. Furthermore, “the suspect had already given full testimony to the police several days ago, without hiding anything. I therefore trust that, already at the first interrogation, the investigating judge will want to revoke the measure of house arrest”.
Investigators immediately heard the man who found the baby. He explained that he had noticed a plastic bag in front of his butcher shop and that he had approached it, believing it contained garbage, but then, hearing some groans, he had discovered the newborn. At that point, according to the 59-year-old’s story, she asked a friend for help. Together they decided to notify the police.
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Two weeks ago, the little boy was placed in a family for a year, awaiting possible adoption. Immediately after the baby’s arrival, a solidarity contest broke out in the city and numerous gifts arrived at the hospital. They were all handed over to the guardian and, consequently, to the new family. A current account in the name of the child has also been opened in Ragusa: the child can only use it after the age of 18. The newborn could have been entrusted in a different way, without any risk for his life: Vittoria has a “cradle for life”, a place where it is possible to leave babies without being seen.
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