Sonsoles Ónega’s program, And Now Sonsoles, addressed on Monday afternoon one of the most shocking topics of the last few hours: Araceli, a cemetery worker, was trapped for half an hour three meters underground because of a colleague. of work. After denouncing him, a Supreme Court ruling ruled in favor of her and this colleague will have to serve time for harassment.
The protagonist of this macabre story told Antena 3 that her dream had always been to be a gravedigger for her grandfather. But what Araceli couldn’t imagine is that her dream job would end up turning into a real nightmare. According to Araceli herself, her coworker began to harass her day after day with phrases like “we don’t want women here,” “women have to be at home,” or “women are only good for washing up.” ”.
But when the insults turned into real actions, Araceli decided to report her harasser. ”I had to go to prepare a funeral with him and there are graves that are underground. We put up the ladder, I went down and he took the ladder from me and left. He told me “you stay there,” he declared. But even though justice has ruled her right, Araceli continues to live in fear. ”He’s still working,” he confessed.
Moments later, the interviewee stated live that when she was trapped in the tomb of that pantheon she feared for her life. ”There I realized that both the insults and the humiliation, everything I had suffered during those months, at that moment I realized that my life could be in danger. So there was going to come a time when they were going to do something to me,’ she confessed.
After six years of fighting for justice to prove him right, the Supreme Court sentenced the harasser to nine months in prison and to pay the victim an amount of 3,000 euros plus legal costs. ”I don’t think it’s a shame for the six years I’ve been suffering. But at least the truth is known and he is condemned,’ he said. However, Araceli’s nightmare had not come to an end since next Thursday he must return to work afraid of meeting his stalker. ”We share all the town hall services and changing rooms and I can find them. I will have to go, I have no other choice,’ he asserted.
Furthermore, according to what was reported on Antena 3, the Langreo city council had confirmed that they had changed the criminal’s job. ”They have changed him from the cemetery service to the cleaning service, despite this he has to continue finding him,” commented the program’s reporter.
