A 49-year-old Italian man was
arrested Tuesday for trying to strangle the partner who was
trying to leave him in front of their two terrified children,
police said.
The man, from Pontelatone near Caserta north of Naples, only
gave up his grip on his 40-year-old intended victim's neck when
she was almost asphyxiated, police said.
The incident allegedly happened in front of the children aged 15
and 18 and the woman's parents, who tried with all their might
to stop him strangling her.
The man was arrested on charges of bodily harm.
It then emerged that the attack was only the latest in a long
string of domestic abuse, police said.
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