The Huelva Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office requested this Monday the dismissal of the procedure initiated in September within the framework of which a minor from Ayamonte (Huelva) was investigated for allegedly manipulating photographs of classmates to show them naked and disseminate them through mobile messaging applications. To do this, he would have made use of artificial intelligence tools or other photo editing applications.
In a statement, the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office has indicated that although some witnesses pointed to that minor as being responsible for creating or disseminating these images, the facts should have left sources of evidence that were easy to obtain and contribute.
However, “nothing” has been delivered either to this Prosecutor’s Office or to the Civil Guard, nor has it been made available to the juvenile prosecutor when he has demanded it, “alleging his loss for having followed guidelines from the teaching staff who now do so.” impossible”. That is why, after the investigation carried out, the decision to send the file to the Juvenile Court has been finalized, requesting the dismissal of the case.
The Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office has indicated that this criminal phenomenon “is not strange or new” for specialist prosecutors; In addition, the specialized units of the Security Forces and Corps “have advanced tools and extensive experience for technological investigation of this type of matters.”
Currently, the Law offers a response to these types of events, which fit into the crimes related to the production and dissemination of child pornography or images of child abuse. Therefore, those who commit them face sentences of up to five years in prison, and may go up to nine. And, in the case of minors, reform measures of up to two years of confinement, which can reach six.
Finally, they have reminded citizens and, especially, professionals who work with minors, that when faced with knowledge of a possible crime, “there is no valid protocol other than that established by the Criminal Procedure Law: the immediate communication of the made to the State Security Forces and Bodies, the Public Prosecutor’s Office or the Investigative Court”.
