Man who kissed young daughter accused of abuse

Yahoo!Xtra September 7, 2009, 2:30 pm

An Italian tourist has been arrested in Brazil, after onlookers reported him to police for kissing his eight-year-old daughter.

The man could face up to 15 years behind bars under the country's strict new law designed to combat child sex abuse.

However his Brazilian wife says the case is all a misunderstanding, while staff at the resort where the incident took place have been reported as saying they saw nothing unusual.

The unnamed man, who has been in custody for more than a week according to the BBC online, is alleged to have touched the girl in an intimate way.

A Brazilian couple claimed he had been touching a young girl inappropriately and had kissed her on the mouth while they were both at a swimming pool close to the beach in full view of other tourists.

But his wife says the witnesses didn't know the girl was his daughter - and that they misinterpreted seeing a foreign white man with a young darker-skinned girl.

The north-east of Brazil has for some years had a problem of paedophiles travelling to the area, reports the BBC.

Under strict new legislation passed only last month the offence of molesting a child under the age of 14 can carry a penalty of between eight to 15 years in jail.

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  1. Julia 09:19am Wednesday 09th September 2009 EST Report Abuse

    Well, I wasn't there so I am not out to judge. However, I would hate to know that I had a child that neither my husband or I could not show affection to in certain countries. I think this is very sad. This child might well be the only child of the couple and live each day for that child. Huge and kisses are just their special way of showing the child that she is well loved by mum and dad. Something has well and truly gone wrong with the world . It is just sickening to know that one can&a ...

  2. TwinCreekNZ 05:47am Tuesday 08th September 2009 EST Report Abuse

    Hmm... Sounds familiar... Persecution of the innocent (once again).. What if the mother had kissed her? Would she be stoned to death for exhibiting lesbianism AND paedophillia? That's right they shoot you in Brazil dont they?? FFS, what is our world coming to?

  3. T.S 07:17pm Monday 07th September 2009 EST Report Abuse

    Good on you fleuret56, Sue B would be very glad if that Law is enforced in NZ, she believe there would be no more child abuse or good Biblical discipling. Welcome to the Wacky Weird World of child protection by abusing and sacrificing Law abiding parents ........

  4. joshuabear01 05:53pm Monday 07th September 2009 EST Report Abuse

    So bloody pathetic, its the witnesses fault, they should mind their own business the dumm asses

  5. Emily 05:39pm Monday 07th September 2009 EST Report Abuse

    What's the big deal? Is it against the law to kiss nowadays?!! Why should you be put into jail for KISSING in public. They're out of their mind for putting him away!

  6. E And B 04:56pm Monday 07th September 2009 EST Report Abuse

    maybe the guy should just kiss the police and itl all go away....

  7. Bruce 04:30pm Monday 07th September 2009 EST Report Abuse

    the couple must have something against that man

  8. Bruce 04:29pm Monday 07th September 2009 EST Report Abuse

    now thats the stupidst thing i have every heard. what has the world come to are you not allowed to kiss your daughter in public now?!

  9. ChristineV 04:25pm Monday 07th September 2009 EST Report Abuse

    fbals77, WUT? I have no idea what you said. Regarding the case, I don't see why someone would spend a week in jail with the hotel staff saying he did nothing wrong. Overzealousness and being overly cautious on the part of the police, I guess. This guy has apparently gone to jail for a week for kissing his own child on the lips. I used to kiss my son all the time. My husband kissed my son; guess we'd better stay out of Brazil. I wish them well.

  10. Chiron 03:59pm Monday 07th September 2009 EST Report Abuse

    before (too late) castrating the father due to another craply edited yahoo 'news' story, also from the BBC report, the wife "...told the Brazilian state news agency if there was any suggestion the claim was true she would not hesitate to take her daughter's side, and recalled that she had been present the whole time."

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