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Spanish Courts Impose Prison Terms in Three Sexual-Assault Cases

These rulings reflect Spanish courts’ adoption of more rigorous digital-evidence standards.

El acusado, custodiado por dos policías nacionales, durante el juicio en la Audiencia.
Vista general Vigo de edificio de la Ciudad de la Justicia. Cidade da Xustiza
Fachada de la Audiencia Provincial de Pontevedra, en una imagen de archivo.
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Overview

  • In Ferrol, a court sentenced a man to eight years for raping his cousin and police confirmed that an unrelated gang-rape allegation was retracted as fabricated.
  • The Audiencia de Palma handed a nine-year prison term to a 31-year-old for the 2012 rape and armed robbery of a woman in a Sineu portal, also ordering €16,400 in compensation.
  • A Pontevedra court delivered a five-year sentence plus supervised release, ten years of professional disqualification and a seven-year contact ban for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl with a 43 percent disability.
  • Authorities in Guaymallén, Argentina, formally charged a 36-year-old with aggravated rape and robbery, exposing him to 8 to 35 years in prison.
  • Spain’s Public Prosecutor has requested 2½ years of imprisonment for Real Madrid defender Raúl Asencio for sharing sexual videos of two women, one of whom was a minor.