A 75-year-old father in Italy will spend two years in prison for coordinating an attack on his gay son. The man contracted a hitman to break the fingers of his adult child, a surgeon.
Authorities in the Italian city of Turin have not released the names of the victim or his father to the media. According to Newsweek, the man in question paid a hitman €2,500 (about $3,000) in April to attack his 43-year-old son and his boyfriend, as well as to vandalize the couple’s car.
“My son is a thug, break his fingers,” the father allegedly told the hitman.
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The acrimony between father and son allegedly began two years ago, when the son broke up an argument between his parents. His father warned him at the time that he would have his son’s legs broken for the infraction. A campaign of terror followed with the enraged dad targeting his son and those close to him. In February, the man also hired goons to attack his son’s boyfriend. The boyfriend endured a severe beating which landed him in the hospital.
“Apart from the patients I knew, I was afraid to make visits, never knowing who I might meet,” the son told investigators. He added that he believed his father was having him followed.
Fortunately, it appears that the campaign of terror has come to an end. Police arrested the father this week and charged him with aggravated assault and stalking. A court sentenced him to a two-year prison term.
News of the planned attack happens to coincide with ongoing discussion in Italy over the protection of minority groups. At present, the Italian Parliament is considering a hate crime bill that would extend protections to LGBTQ people and women. If passed, suspects convicted of hate crimes would face harsher prison sentences.
TomG
This so-called father appears to been watching to many “Godfather” type movies. He needs longer than two years in jail to cool his heels.
SFMike
I’m sure he’s a good conservative Catholic just like the majority of our Supreme Court judges.
tjack47
So, let me get this straight. The son broke up an argument between his parents. The father threatens the son. He beats up his son’s lover. This reads less like homophobia and more like a crazy, abusive and disturbed father. Is it about a narcissist rather than homophobia?
Openminded
Arrested this week and already sentenced to 2 years prison. That’s a fast criminal justice system.
I agree with tjack, pretty f’d up guy.
succubus
oh daddy oh!
cuteguy
What’s two years? It means nothing. And this man is a surgeon who’s middle aged. Cut off your homophobic biological father, if not for your sake they that of your bf. I would never put up with that and I suspect the only reason the bf is putting up with this, especially after being hospitalized bc of the crazy father, I suspect it’s bc of love… love of his surgeon bf paycheck. Get away from this sick family bc the fact that son still is in contact with his cray biological father speaks volumes
curiobi
Wait a minute, why do you assume the victim’s bf is a gold digger, where do you mouth off on this without any evidence? Also, who said the son and father were in contact suggesting the son is deliberately putring his bf at risk? Frankly, a lot of what you said seems rman spirited, is this really called for?
Cam
Two years?! I bet if the son wasn’t gay the father would have gotten 10 years.