Siblings sentenced for imprisoning gay brother

smoontjes
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:18:26 +0000

Happened in Denmark, so article is in Danish. Put it into DeepL to translate important bits:

Four siblings, a brother and three sisters, were sentenced to prison by the Court in Glostrup on Friday for imprisoning their 26-year-old brother in September 2023.

The case began in the fall of 2023 when police broke into the family's apartment in Brøndby and found a 26-year-old man in a small broom cupboard.

In addition to imprisonment, all four will also be expelled from Denmark. The two oldest sisters will be banned from entering Denmark permanently, while the youngest sister and brother will be banned for a number of years. All four convicted siblings are Italian citizens and will therefore be deported to Italy. The siblings grew up in Sicily and have roots in Tunisia. They are Muslim, and according to the prosecution, their actions stem from that cultural background.

Specifically what happened to him can be read in this article. Translation collapsed because of gruesomeness:

**Content warning**: description of torture

On a Monday in September 2023, police broke into a dark storage room in a small apartment in Brøndby.

They found an emaciated young man lying on a thin mattress with nothing but a jug of water and a bucket in the corner.

The young man had been locked up here for 35 days. This is stated in the indictment in the case, which is expected to end on Friday.

According to the indictment, four siblings, three women and a man, kept their brother locked in a small locked room with no windows or light for over a month because he told them he was gay.

He was denied food or drink at times and forced to sleep on a thin, scabies-infested mattress and defecate in a bucket.

The young man only escaped after 35 days when a neighbor heard him crying for help and immediately called the police.

By then he had lost 14 kilos, had symptoms of scabies and several bruises from blows.

If anyone thinks this is too much to share then please let me know - I will delete the thread if it is. I did put the homophobia and downer tags though so hopefully everyone who do not wish to see this stuff have already filtered that. Just sharing because I'm shocked this can happen in Denmark.

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