Father Sentenced for Slapping Teenage Son

A father in Barcelona was sentenced to a 3-month suspended jail sentence for slapping his 13-year-old son after he repeatedly came home late.

The father has also had a 6-month court order placed against him, forbidding him from approaching within a certain distance of his son, which means that he can no longer live in his own home. It also means that father and son are denied any physical contact or direct communication.

The judge himself considered his decision as “exaggerated” and out of proportion but explained that his hands were tied by the present law code covering domestic violence.

The son has since said that he is sorry that he ever reported his father to the Guardia Civil.

(News: Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain)

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