Michele Mongelli (born 1945) is a man from

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, Italy, who was arrested on 27 March 2009 for allegedly sexually abusing his daughter over 25 years. His son Giuseppe (born 1968) was also arrested on the allegation of abusing his sister and his own four daughters.
Because of the similarities, this case has been compared to the

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in Austria and the

Sheffield incest case The Sheffield incest case concerns the conviction in November 2008 in Sheffield Crown Court of a 54-year-old English man who, undetected over a period of 25 years, repeatedly raped his two daughters and fathered seven surviving children with t ...

in Britain. The 34-year-old daughter was given the

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of Laura by the Italian press and other media. The victims had been kept in conditions of slavery and mistreatment. In May 2012 Michele Mongelli was sentenced to 10 years of prison, and his son Giuseppe sentenced to 9 years.

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