The Fifth Section of the Provincial Court of Valencia has sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for a continuous crime of sexual assault of a minor who forced his sister to sexually force him when she was 12 years old. The sentence imposes the payment of compensation of 30,000 euros to the minor for moral damages.
The convicted person will not be able to get closer than 300 meters or communicate with her by any means for 16 years. Likewise, he will not be able to engage in any profession that involves regular and direct contact with minors for 20 years.
The defendant and the victim, brothers on their mother’s side, had an excellent relationship, according to the account of proven facts included in the sentence. The girl lived with their mother in a municipality in the Requena-Utiel region, and the accused, 24 years old at the time of the events, frequently went to the family home to sleep there regularly.
The Court has declared it proven that on July 11, 2021, when both brothers were sitting on the sofa in the house, the first of the attacks occurred.
The now convicted man then grabbed the girl by the neck and told her to do what he told her or he was going to kill her, and then force her to have sexual relations.
Two days later, the prisoner entered the minor’s bedroom at dawn, when the rest of the family members were sleeping, and repeated the events.
The victim suffers symptoms of post-traumatic stress as a result of the events, has tried to harm herself and has feelings of helplessness and distrust because the aggressor is her brother, with whom she had a strong attachment.
The sentence is not final and can be appealed before the Civil and Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community.
