The Provincial Court of Las Palmas is trying this week in Gran Canaria a defendant accused of sexually abusing a minor of 16 years with whom he had a relationship in Lanzarote.
According to the indictment of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the defendant A.F.O.C., who was 27 years old at the time of the events, had a sentimental relationship with a minor of 16 years for three months, between June and September 2021.
On September 11, 2021, at approximately 03:00 hours in the morning, the defendant was with the victim in the apartment of a friend of the minor in Arrecife. When it was time to say goodbye and once they were both at the door of the building, the man, knowing that she was under 16 years old and with "libidinous intent," allegedly began to kiss the minor on the mouth and neck, tried to take off her shirt and touched her chest, despite the fact that the victim took his hand away and asked him to stop.
The Prosecutor's Office classifies the events as a crime of sexual abuse of a minor under 16 years of age and asks for a three-year prison sentence, with special disqualification for the right to passive suffrage during the term of the sentence. In addition, the prohibition to approach the victim, her home and her place of study or work at a distance of less than 500 meters, as well as the prohibition to maintain any type of communication by any means manustrito, telephone, computer or telematic.
If he is found guilty, the Prosecutor's Office asks for five years of supervised release after serving the prison sentence, as well as a special disqualification for any profession or trade, whether paid or unpaid, that involves regular and direct contact with minors for a period of three years longer than the prison sentence imposed.
Finally, the Public Prosecutor's Office asks that the defendant face civil liability and compensate the victim through her legal representative with 2,000 euros for the moral damages caused.