Overview
- Moments before the scheduled hearing in Madrid’s provincial court, Cristóbal L., known as ‘El Toba,’ accepted the Fiscalía’s conformity agreement and avoided an oral trial.
- He admitted five continued crimes of sexual aggression against minors, three continued crimes of sexual abuse, and two counts of sexual aggression with carnal access, all tied to ten victims aged 3 to 13.
- Although the aggregate term is 98 years, the sentence will state a 20-year maximum effective time in prison under Spanish law.
- He must pay €154,000 in civil compensation, and families said the admission prevents retraumatizing testimony for victims who have required psychological treatment.
- Investigators said he lured children at his fruit shop and home with sweets and drinks and threatened them with a shotgun; he was already imprisoned after a separate 19-year sentence issued in 2023.