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Man detained for domestic violence against mother and grandmother

Observador27 August 2026 at 13:51

A man was arrested and sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for two counts of domestic violence and one count of aggravated kidnapping, committed in 2015 against his mother and grandmother, of whom he was an informal caregiver.

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