Overview
- The Tribunal Superior de Xustiza de Galicia confirmed a 16.5-year prison term for the man convicted of raping and robbing a Hospital Xeral de Vigo worker in 2013.
- Judges cited DNA detected in fifteen genetic markers from evidence seized in 2022 and rejected the defense's version as not credible.
- The trial verdict by the Pontevedra provincial court’s Fifth Section covered sexual assault with penetration using a weapon and robbery with violence using dangerous instruments, and the hearing was held behind closed doors due to the defendant’s conduct.
- In a separate case, a Vilanova resident accepted two years in prison, a €20,000 indemnity, a ten-year restraining order, a seven-year ban on work involving minors, and a sex-education program, with the sentence suspended and five years of supervised release after reparations and delay mitigations.
- A Vigo taxi driver accepted two years for a 2024 assault with €9,000 in damages, a five-year no-contact and 10‑meter stay-away order, five years of supervised release, and a suspended prison term; the ruling is not final because the defense reserved the right to appeal.