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Palma Child Sex Abuse Trial Goes to Verdict as Prosecutors Seek Long Terms in Separate Cases

Prosecutors pursue up to 15 years in parallel proceedings, with a confession in one case and a postponed hearing for a 76-year-old under a restraining order.

Overview

  • In Palma, a 66-year-old father denied abusing his daughter, yet prosecutors maintained a 15-year prison request after forensic testimony, and the case is now pending judgment.
  • The victim, now 19, testified behind closed doors and had previously told police the abuse occurred when she was between 5 and 8, while the defendant claimed she fabricated the allegations.
  • In Cala Rajada, the prosecution seeks six years for a 76-year-old accused of repeated abuse of his partner’s grandson, then aged 10 to 12, and the Audiencia de Palma postponed the hearing.
  • A May 18, 2024 court order bars the Cala Rajada defendant from contacting or approaching the child within 100 meters, and prosecutors ask €5,000 in moral damages.
  • In a separate proceeding before Tribunal en lo Criminal Nº 3, UFIJ Nº 14 requested 15 years for a man who, according to prosecutors, confessed to abusing a girl beginning at age six, with a verdict due next Wednesday.