46-year-old soldier faces 7.5 years in prison alleged sexual abuse to his step daughter, committed when he was thirteen years old. The defendant tried to justify himself in his statement at yesterday’s hearing. Third Division of the Regional Court of ValenciaHis touching of the girl insisted that there was no sexual interest, but he also acknowledged the seriousness and sensual nature of his actions through his explanations.
“I enjoyed communicating with him”He said while trying to explain one of the harassment incidents attributed to him that occurred in October 2021. The defendant admits that he touched the child while watching the TV series, but claims that this was “completely involuntary”. “The moment I touched something synthetic, namely her panties, I withdrew my hand,” she defended. This contradicts the fact that he himself admitted, from that moment on he went to seek help from the doctor at the military barracks.
On another occasion, while the girl was sleeping, she noticed him approaching her bed. “a sip” of wine and two diazepanes. “I woke up excited and with a racing pulse,” he told the judges, who tried to justify entering his thirteen-year-old stepdaughter’s room when he heard a “strange noise”. Thus, although the defendant continued to maintain his innocence, he admitted to the touching. “When I touched her, she moaned more,” he admitted. in the room. Then, he said, the flashlight on his cell phone stopped with a start.
Regarding the allegation that lubricant that he had given the minor was used, the defendant denied this and gave an unconvincing version that he had gotten motorcycle grease on his hand and that was why he washed his hand after it was discovered that night.
When the defendant’s then-wife and the victim’s mother saw what happened, the defendant remembers: “He started hitting me with sticks like bread” He said it word for word. He told her at the time that it was better if they divorced and that he would “leave everything to her.”
He then left home and attempted suicide twice, once in the Civil Guard barracks after his arrest.
The prosecutor’s office requested a 5-year prison sentence for the alleged pedophile The crime of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16 remains widespread. and another two-and-a-half years for discovering ongoing secrets, according to him, for gaining access to his stepdaughter’s private conversations. because “some kid wanted weird photos”.