Overview

• Two young men accepted plea deals for raping a 16-year-old in Gandía in 2020 and were each sentenced to three years and eight months in prison due to psychiatric and cognitive mitigating factors.
• The Valencia Juvenile Prosecutor has charged only one of the five minors accused in the March 2023 Benalmádena school trip case, while two are deemed unimputable for being under 14 and two face appeals after initial archiving.
• A February ruling by a juvenile court admitted direct civil liability for Colegio Nuestra Señora de Loreto over its oversight during the alleged group assault on the 13-year-old student.
• The 2023 victim suffered post-traumatic stress and catatonia requiring hospitalization and was transferred to a new school along with his brothers at the family’s request.
• Colegio Nuestra Señora de Loreto asserts it activated its PREVI violence-prevention protocol and cooperated fully with authorities in June 2023, even as calls grow for stronger institutional safeguards.