A 75-year-old father in Italy will spend two years in prison for coordinating an attack on his gay son. The man contracted a hitman to break the fingers of his adult child, a surgeon.Authorities in the Italian city of Turin have not released the names of the victim or his father to the media.
According to Newsweek, the man in question paid a hitman €2,500 (about $3,000) in April to attack his 43-year-old son and his boyfriend, as well as to vandalize the couple’s car.“My son is a thug, break his fingers,” the father allegedly told the hitman.Related: Father disowned his 56-year-old son for being gayThe acrimony between father and son allegedly began two years ago, when the son broke up an argument between his parents.