Italy : A Moroccan woman freed after her husband banned her from going out for 8 years

A Moroccan national was kept home and beaten almost daily by her husband for eight years, reveals the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

The 35-year-old victim, living in her home in Rimini (north), was banned from going out and increasingly watched by her husband. Three cameras had actually been installed by her husband, a 51-year-old Italian citizen, to keep an eye on her reported the Carabinieri.

The husband was not arrested but instead obliged to see a doctor and stay away from his wife and children.

The investigation was opened after the victim’s father, who lives in Morocco, sent an email to the Italian authorities asking about his daughter. For eight years, the woman, who did not have a residence permit, went to Morocco only once. She never left her house, «not even for shopping» said the daily newspaper.