The Third Section of the Provincial Court of Valencia has sentenced 15 years in prison for a crime of sexual assault of a minor with violence and intimidation, for which it appreciates the aggravating circumstance of abuse of superiority, and 9 years in prison for a crime of pornography. child abuse to a man who raped on several occasions and disseminated intimate photos of a minor, a relative of his romantic partner.
The convicted person will not be able to communicate with the victim or come within 500 meters of her, her home, place of study or work for 30 years.
The Court also disqualifies him from exercising any profession, trade or activity that involves regular and direct contact with minors for 33 years and imposes the payment of compensation of 30,000 euros for the damages and moral damages suffered by the girl, which He was between 12 and 13 years old when the attacks occurred.
The account of events that the resolution considers proven details that between October 2021 and January 2022, the aggressor touched and raped the minor, who was the cousin of his romantic partner, on several occasions.
The attacks began in the girl’s grandmother’s house, where the convicted person and victim lived together for a time, and continued when he moved with his partner to another home, where the victim visited.
The sentence maintains that the convict took advantage of the age difference – he was 26 years old when the events began – and the family proximity to intimidate the victim by telling what happened and by making public photos and videos in which she appeared naked and in sexual attitude. The man even covered her mouth with his hand and hit her.
The events caused the girl to lock herself at home, stop attending school and not want to have social relationships. She also self-harmed on several occasions and tried to drink bleach.
