Overview
- The 15-year-old told Novara police he was punished for low grades since about age six, reporting beatings at least three times a week.
- He described being struck with a belt, charger wires, a broom, a wooden stick, kitchen utensils and tree branches.
- After confiding in a friend’s family and consulting an AI app that said the situation was not normal, he called 112 on January 24.
- Officers took him to the Questura, where he was interviewed with a psychologist and said he did not want to return home.
- Police say a friend and the friend’s father confirmed his account; the boy was placed with social services and his 54-year-old father and 42-year-old mother were reported for maltreatment.