The Sixth Section of the Provincial Court of Las Palmas will try next November 19 an English national, identified as J.N.D., accused of a sexual assault committed against a minor of 15 years in the tourist town of Puerto del Carmen. For the accused, who has no prior criminal record, the Public Prosecutor's Office requests a sentence of two years in prison in a hearing that appears on the calendar of listings of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC) scheduled for agreement.
According to the indictment, the events occurred between 10:00 PM and 11:00 PM on August 18, 2025. The accused was in the living room of an apartment located in the tourist area of Tías in the company of the minor.
According to the fiscal's account, the man approached the young woman and, "guided by lustful intent and with the intention of satisfying his most reprehensible sexual instincts," proceeded to kiss her and touch her breasts under her clothes. The victim refused at all times and did not give any consent for these acts. The indictment also states that the minor's mother has waived the exercise of criminal and civil actions that may correspond to her for what happened.
The Prosecutor's Office considers the acts to be constitutive of a sexual assault offense as defined in Article 181.1 of the Penal Code, without any circumstances modifying criminal liability. In addition to two years of deprivation of liberty and special disqualification from the right to passive suffrage during the sentence, the Public Prosecutor's Office requests that the measure of supervised liberty be imposed for a period of seven years, during which he must undergo a sexual education course on a mandatory basis.
Likewise, the indictment requests seven years of special disqualification from exercising any profession, trade, or activity—whether paid or not—that involves regular and direct contact with minors. Regarding the victim's protection, it is requested that he be prohibited from approaching within 500 meters of her, her home, workplace, or any place she frequents for four years, as well as the prohibition of communicating with the young woman by any means for five years, in addition to the payment of court costs.
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