Sorrento. Alessandra Mauriello, the mother of the boy surrounded and hit by six boys in the center of Sorrento just for defending a friend in a jealous fight, is still shaken. “They had reduced my son to a monster. We discovered it the day after what happened, when he opened the door to go to school. He was losing an eye.”
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Yesterday the six people responsible for the beating of Christian, his eighteen-year-old son, all between the ages of eighteen and twenty, were notified by the Carabinieri that they were under house arrest for aggravated assault.
Christian had been surrounded and shot by six boys in the centre of Sorrento just for defending a friend in a jealous fight. Speaking in front of the cameras, the woman emphasizes "unfortunately we are not well, for his medical history, for what still awaits him for several months, for his psychological reintegration".
In the attack, the young man suffered a fractured jaw and cheekbone, also hit while he was on the ground, kicked and punched. Already subjected to various surgical operations, he still has to undergo a long period of treatment.
“I expect these kids to learn that other people's lives must be respected”
"I expect these kids to learn from my son's misadventure that the lives of others must be respected. I only have great hope that these kids can be recovered because they are our society of tomorrow."
Article published on 1 December 2024 - 09:18
I can't believe what happened to Christian, something so bad should never happen. It's important that justice takes its course and that the boys understand the mistake they made. Violence is never the solution.