Teacher arrested for assaulting girl, 11

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 5 - Police in Caltanissetta on Wednesday arrested a middle-schoolteacher on suspicion of repeatedly molesting an 11-year-old girl student, local sources said.
    The man, who works in a state school, was placed under house arrest.
    The alleged victim found the courage to report the man to another teacher who then informed the deputy head at the end of June, but no action was taken.
    The girl then told her parents who immediately informed the local flying squad.
    Over the course of a few days the police collected evidence from the girl's fellow students who told them of her descriptions of the alleged abuse and also of the man's alleged suspicious behaviour and sexist remarks in class.
    He allegedly swore at pupils and made inappropriate comments about their appearance.
    The alleged victim was then questioned by a preliminary investigations judge (GIP) in the presence of a psychologist.
    The deputy head who took no action on the teachers' report has been cited for failure to report a crime. (ANSA).