Tonty Rutinel jailed on spousal abuse charges

[NewsWhore]

Former Senator Tonty Rutinel is in jail awaiting trial on charges of spousal abuse. A court in Santo Domingo will issue a sentence of coercion after he was interrogated and kept in detention on Wednesday night at the Palace of Justice in Ciudad Nueva. The leading PRD member denied the charges filed by his long-time girlfriend Leidy Caraballo, according to the coordinator of complaints on Gender Violence for the National District, Aracelis Peralta, who was in charge of the interrogation. The woman received a cut on her face and required 12 stitches at a medical center. El Nuevo Diario said that the couple has a 2-year, 8-month old child. There has been a spate of gender violence cases recently as the number of spousal murders increased and the government began to take action. Recently a deputy minister was hauled in on charges and also awaits trial.

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