Cristóbal LC, fruit seller from Valdeavero (Madrid) The man, who was sentenced to prison from October 4 to 19 for sexual assault against minors and corruption, has just entered the Soto del Real prison, El Periódico de España from the Prensa Ibérica group has learned.
The 30th Division of the Regional Court of Madrid held a public hearing and decided to imprison him, taking into account the possible risk of flight. An income that came into effect last October 13th. He had been free since October 2021, when the 5th Tribunal of Alcalá de Henares ordered his release.
The decision releasing him was signed by the same judge who had ordered him to go to prison ten months earlier. Reported incidents date back to summer 2020. After numerous complaints (14 minors were affected in total), the judge ordered Cristóbal to be detained for security reasons in December of the same year.
However, in October 2021, the same judge signed a decision that released him, disregarding the risk of flight. The decision imposed a number of precautionary measures on Toba, such as a weekly court appearance requirement, a ban on leaving Spain or entering and residing in the town of Valdeavero. Likewise, it issued a restraining order and imposed a ban on communication with ten minors who complained of sexual assault.
demonstrations
The release of the fruit seller caused outrage in the defense of minors who submitted letters of dispute. He also angered the municipality of Valdeavero, where he lived and ran the Keai grocery store when the incidents occurred. Neighbors organized a series of rallies and protests demanding Cristóbal’s return to prison.
The main reason given by the families of the affected minors (all under the age of 15) was that they could meet the alleged sex offender. Some relatives even revealed that they passed him on the street. Because although Cristóbal left the municipality and sold his properties after his release, He continued to reside near the municipality of Valdeavero.
El Periódico de España published for the first time the sentence of Article 30 of the Madrid Regional Court dated October 4, which sentenced him to 12 years in prison and a further 7 years for sexual assault on a child under 15 years of age. two counts of corruption of minors. Nine days later, Cristóbal entered Soto del Real prison.
Ten more cases
This is just the beginning. The sentence dated October 4, for which Toba was just sentenced to prison, is a separate case from other cases. But he still has to face ten more charges out of so many boys who were under the age of 15 when the alleged sexual assaults occurred.
On each count, he faces up to 16 years in prison for repeated sexual assault of minors under 16. While the prosecution is demanding a total prison sentence of 98 years (not counting the 19 years for which he was already sentenced for the other case), the defense of the victims is demanding a prison sentence of 105 years. The hearing in this case is set for a year later, in October 2024.