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Zamora Court Sentences Former Music Teacher to 12 Years for Abusing Four Girls

The ruling’s combination of a lengthy prison term with professional disqualification underscores Spain’s intensified scrutiny of sexual-abuse in schools

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El exterior de la Audiencia de Zamora

Overview

  • The Audiencia Provincial de Zamora found Rafael F. R. guilty of repeated sexual abuse of four nine- and ten-year-old students during the 2008–2010 academic years.
  • The court imposed a 12-year prison term, barred him from any profession involving regular contact with minors and issued a 200-meter restraining order.
  • Five years of supervised release were added to monitor his conduct after completion of the prison sentence.
  • The verdict details abuse methods including covert genital contact during group water-holding drills and hands-under-clothing assaults in private lessons.
  • A Levante-EMV report’s claim of a 15-year sentence remains unverified against the official ruling of the Audiencia Provincial de Zamora.