Overview

• Galicia’s high court upheld the acquittal of a Vigo man accused of abusing his minor daughter, rejecting a bid to reweigh evidence, with a cassation appeal to Spain’s Supreme Court still possible.
• In Ourense, a teacher’s 13‑year sentence for abusing a former pupil is final after a July 25 Supreme Court decision, and a September 15 search‑and‑arrest order was issued after he could not be located, with no prior precautionary measures in place.
• The TSXG reduced a sexual‑assault sentence from eight years and six months to five years and five months, applying a partial exemption tied to long‑term addiction and intoxication; the ruling can be appealed to the Supreme Court.
• In Mallorca, a defendant admitted abusing a 14‑year‑old in 2016 and avoided prison under a plea agreement that set a two‑year term not to be served after he deposited €50,000 in compensation and accepted protective orders.
• Argentine authorities reported preventive detention for three suspects in Santa Fe over the kidnapping and forced prostitution of a 16‑year‑old, while in Metán (Salta) a 41‑year‑old was detained and provisionally charged with aggravated rape and attempted homicide.