A youth was sentenced rape to a classmate in the bathroom of an institute from a northern townorte Majorca when they were both young. By taking advantage of the break between classes, the 16-year-old suspect cheated on the 15-year-old victim from his friend group, and force her to have sex. The sentence declares the child as the author of a book. crime of sexual abuse with penetration and practices one and a half years of probation, which must attend a training program. Additionally, you will need to compensate the injured party with 4,000 euros for the psychological consequences of rape. The State Court has now dismissed the defendant’s appeal and upheld the Palma juvenile court’s decision.
The events occurred shortly before the 2019 summer school break. The child, who was not in the same class as the victim, took advantage of the break to address him. He told her they needed to talk about something. and took him to the restrooms of the training center.
While there he closed the door and started kissing him. Although the girl “persistently” refuses, she phrases the sentence as follows: eventually he put it in one of the compartments against his will. from the toilets. back then He pulled down his pants and penetrated her. The teenager eventually managed to escape and escape, but did not report what happened next. When she did, she was treated by workers from Consell de Mallorca’s specialized sexual abuse units, giving her story full believability and They found that he suffered from psychological sequelae..
The sentence shows that the victim was previously sexually abused and was the result of being raped by her high school classmate. “reexperienced” and “severe emotional and psychological damage” already suffering.
The teenager’s lawyer filed a lawsuit. appeal in the Provincial Court against the decision Palm. He considered that his right to the presumption of innocence had been violated and argued that there was no evidence against him beyond the young woman’s statement and that this was insufficient. For this he sought acquittal.
The court of the second part of the trial has now dismissed all of his claims. The judges, the victim’s testimony at the trial, “explanatory clarity” about what happened and a “reliability beyond reasonable doubt.
In addition to their testimony, experts from Consell de Mallorca confirmed their report on the injured party’s story. “reliable and valid” About sexual abuse in high school.
The court decides that there was no false spirit in the victim’s complaint, as the juvenile court did. He also points out that the reason why he took the time to tell what happened was completely justified. Magistrates also consider the compensation received to be sufficient because “He had a trauma on top of a previous trauma.”