A family tragedy ended up in court today, with three daughters accusing their parents and their sister of contributing to the death of their mentally ill sibling.
Separately, the whole family was also accused by the police of taking the law into their own hands, while the three daughters were accused of assaulting their mother and threatening her.
The two cases were heard together today, just days after the mentally ill daughter passed away and was buried. Magistrate Francesco Depasquele, however, acquitted them all, saying that they needed time to grieve and to find common ground on how to deal with the death of the daughter.
Taking the witness stand, one of the three daughters said that she and two of her sisters were mentally and physically abused by her father. Her mother was meant to be taking care of their sister - who suffered schizophrenia - but it had resulted that she did the opposite. She said that while her sister lay dead at home, her mother ransacked her room, took €17,000 in cash and talked of making home improvements. She also refused to use the money to buy a proper grave and in the end her sister was buried in a public...
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