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The Vaslui County case presents the dramatic consequences that domestic violence cases can have when state authorities intervene poorly. In the case that took place in the village of Sălceni, in the commune of Pochidia, near Bârlad, the judicial authorities and the abused mother, too, showed an indulgence that was difficult to understand towards the aggressor.
The drama of the nine siblings came to light in early July this year, after a violent episode against the 15-year-old girl and her mother who tried to save her. The youngest daughter in the family had received permission from her father to go shopping with a neighbor. When she returned, the man decided to punish her.
“As it seemed to him that the wounded man was late, the defendant, being under the influence of alcohol, repeatedly hit the 15-year-old wounded man with a belt on his back and head. In defense of the minor, her mother intervened, who in turn was hit with her belt on the head several times, after which, with her fists, in the same area of the body.
The defendant then secured the door with the key and resumed the assaults on his youngest daughter, whom he hit with the belt on the back. The defendant’s assaults stopped only when the minor sat on her knees, covering her head with both hands. The blows applied to the two wounded were perceived by the other minors who were in the house, on a bed and trembling with fear ”, specified the prosecutors of the Public Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Bârlad Court, in the act of notification of the court.
Notified by 112, the police officers who arrived at the scene were going to discover a disturbing image: the mother and daughter were covered in bruises all over the body. Traces of greater violence were also found in the bodies of younger children, 7, 4 and 1 year old, respectively.
The father of the aggressor was arrested and the police continued investigations to establish all the criminal activity. After the forensic examinations, it was established that the mother and the children needed 2-3 days of medical attention for the last injuries suffered. All were hospitalized in a Child Protection Center, where they were given psychological counseling. The Police found that a few days before the violent episode, the man applied a harsh correction to the 1,4 and 7-year-old children, repeatedly hitting them with a cable on their head and body, arguing that they bothered him and could not rest .
The specialists who dealt with the children’s recovery specified that the father had a tyrannical behavior and was only interested in their comfort. The children’s testimonies were disturbing. They reported that they went to bed and woke up with fear in the chest, because the father reacted violently invoking trivial reasons: that he did not like the food, that it was too cold or too hot, that the children were talking too loud or crying. Several times, the children tried to ask neighbors for help, throwing their tickets through the fence asking them to call 112 to get rid of their father.
Despite the assault on the man, he was charged only with the crime of domestic violence (five incidents), not with mistreatment of minors. This legal framework freed the aggressor from punishment. When the case went to court, the wife of the aggressor, as the injured person, as the legal representative of the four injured children, announced to the judges that both she and the children had decided to reconcile with the father. Naturally, the best interests of the four children abused by the father should have been defended by the four lawyers, appointed ex officio, and by the representative of the Public Ministry (the prosecutor in office). However, no one took any action for the child victims.
The lawyers, together with the hearing attorney, took note of the will to reconcile. Because they acknowledged his presence in the courtroom, each lawyer collected the fee, 470 lei for each child whose interests were supposed to be protected. Although it seems absurd that a child of 1, 4 or 7 years old has the capacity to understand what the reconciliation procedure consists of, in a criminal trial, the court took note of the mother’s decision and decided to terminate the criminal trial against the accused. and their immediate release. If the aggressor had been charged with the crime of mistreatment of the minor, the reconciliation of the parties would not have removed the prosecution of the aggressor.
Released, the father returned to the family home in Sălceni, where he would soon apply a new correction to his eldest daughter, because he had the courage to tell the police about her violence. Last Thursday, the girl called 112, noting that she had been raped by her father. He asked the authorities for help, saying he never wanted to go home.
She was taken to the emergency room and hospitalized in a child protection center, while the police began a new investigation, the father being investigated in a state of freedom.
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