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Godfather Sentenced, Swimming Pool Monitor Arrested and Gran Canaria Parents Face Trial

This wave of actions illustrates Spain’s expanding legal efforts to tackle sexual violence with tougher prosecutions in recent high-profile cases.

Un vehículo sale de un cuartel de la Guardia Civil, en una imagen de archivo.

Overview

  • A man in Avilés accepted a 15-year prison term after pleading guilty to sexually abusing his four-year-old godson in a bar bathroom and recording the assaults.
  • The municipal swimming pool monitor in Marín was ordered into pretrial detention on charges of sexually abusing six girls under 16 during his training stint.
  • In Las Palmas, jury selection got under way for the trial of a couple accused of abusing their two young daughters and producing child pornography between 2019 and 2022, with prosecutors seeking a combined 42 years behind bars.
  • A Madrid court upheld a seven-year sentence for a man convicted of raping and repeatedly abusing his domestic worker in Fuengirola and imposed a nine-year restraining order.
  • Law enforcement also arrested a Valencia fugitive wanted for a brutal domestic assault that left his partner and daughters confined, and detained two suspects in a series of armed robberies at service stations in Almería and Granada.