GETTY - stock images The child was attacked in the cubicle of the Resienbad pool in Vienna

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The migrant brutally attacked the child in the cubicle of the Resienbad pool in Vienna, Austria, leaving him in need of hospital treatment. And now the mother of the boy, identified only by her first name Dunja, 43, said her blood boiled when she heard the man told police the attack was an "emergency" because he had not had sex in months.

I don't want the man to be deported, I want him to be jailed because I have heard what they do to child sex attackers in jail Dunja, victim's mother

The mother arrived in Austria herself as an immigrant from Serbia during the Civil War that saw the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. She said she had always taught her five children to offer the same hospitality to new arrivals that she had herself received but added: “I now regret that.” She said: “I couldn't believe it when I heard that. I come from Serbia, and I spent five years living in a Caritas home together with people from many different nations. "You certainly can't call me a racist, but to try and defend himself in that way is just monstrous. It's like me saying I'm going to go to a bank tomorrow and rob it because I don't have enough money for my five children.” The shocking story came to light at the weekend despite occuring at the start of December, where police decided not to release the details to the public in order to protect the rights of the boy.

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But now the mother has spoken to local media about the ordeal. She said: “I am a single mother, so we always struggle with money. But my son loves swimming so much that on 2 December I gave him 3 euros so he could go to the local Theresienbad swimming pool (in the Meidling district of Vienna). “He was so happy at having the money, and after school went there straight away so I wasn't expecting him back home immediately. Three hours after school finished, I got a phone call from him and he was crying into the phone. I couldn't understand a word he said, but then somebody came on the phone and told me: 'Please come straight away, your child has been sexually assaulted.“ She said that she had rushed there straight away and was destroyed when she looked through a glass window and saw her crying child sitting in a room with a man in swimming trunks who had handcuffs on. She said her sister was with her, and the police had to stop her from attacking the man straight away.

Dunja said: “I always taught my children to be helpful, and he thought the man wanted help with something. He then forced himself into the cabin. I always taught my children to offer help, now I have to say I regret that.“ She said that despite therapy from a victim support group, her son cries himself to sleep every night and could not close his eyes without taking antidepressants. She said that he tried not to let her see him crying, and would turn away when she came into the room. She added: “I know that the physical wounds will heal, but the wounds to his soul may never heal. I don't want the man to be deported, I want him to be jailed because I have heard what they do to child sex attackers in jail.

GETTY The migrant had entered the country through the Balkans in September