
The trial of Nicholas Pascaretta Jr. of Clintondale has started in Ulster County Court.
Pascaretta is charged with the second-degree beating death of his father, Nicholas Pascaretta Sr., according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.
Pascaretta has admitted beating his father with a bat, but claims that his father had sexually abused him and other members of the family. The beating took place on Dec. 27, 2014, after an altercation between the two men. The older man suffered head trauma and died later.
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