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Courts in Argentina and Spain Hand Down Divergent Sentences in Child Sex Abuse by Trusted Adults

Courts credited victims' testimony, with penalties ranging from 30 years to a suspended two-year term.

Overview

  • In Bahía, the Tribunal en lo Criminal No. 3 sentenced a grandfather to 30 years for repeated abuse of his granddaughter between 2015 and August 2023.
  • The Bahía judgment includes convictions for abuse with carnal access aggravated by kinship and cohabitation in real concurrence with gravely insulting abuse and corruption of minors.
  • In Mallorca's Inca case, the Audiencia de Palma imposed 12 years in prison and €30,000 in moral damages after finding the victim's detailed account credible and rejecting the defendant's denial.
  • In Cala Rajada, a 76-year-old accepted a two-year term, paid €5,000, and obtained suspension of imprisonment following a prosecutor–defense agreement that reduced an initial six-year request.
  • Across the three rulings, judges emphasized abuse enabled by family ties or close friendship, including caregiving situations that left children alone with the offenders.