Overview

• The Audiencia de Gipuzkoa imposed a 71-year, five-month and nine-day prison term on a Hondarribia surf coach for sexually abusing eleven minors and possessing child exploitation material.
• Individual sentences range from four years and one day to 12 years per abuse count plus five months for possession of illicit material.
• Convictions cover four counts of sexual abuse by exploiting a position of authority, four counts of continued non-penetrative abuse and three counts of continued penetrative abuse.
• Judges mandated €3,000 to €30,000 in damages for each victim alongside supervised release, no-contact orders and professional disqualification from roles involving minors.
• The defendant has been in provisional custody since August 2021 and the sentence will be reviewed by the Basque High Court on appeal.