He denied this in an interview with El Periódico de Aragón.the newspaper of the same group, Prensa Ibérica, this newspaperwhen he was arrested, he denied it in front of his classmates from the armed institute and did the same during the trial Appeared in Huesca County Court. Despite this, the civilian guard was accused of harassing 16 children in his extracurricular English classes in public schools. Huesca town Barbastro He was sentenced to 52 years in prison. The court will impose nothing less than that. 53 years in prison, however, the sentence is not final and can be appealed to the Aragon Supreme Court of Justice (TSJA). Until that moment comes José María Orús, one of the victims’ lawyers, has already requested an immediate prison sentence, citing the risk of escape..
The video of the alleged abuses was decisive for his conviction. It was made by a teacher who was surprised when the accused suddenly entered one of his classrooms and observed that. there was one of the little ones sitting on his lap. The file observed a series of acts that, in the Huesca Court’s view, indicated sexual abuse, but agent Serafín EC, although married, 50 years old and the father of two children, was seen there as an “overly affectionate” person. Despite the defense’s insistence on requesting the annulment of this evidence, the Huesca High Court considers it lawful, proportionate and necessary to disclose the accused facts, given that the unauthorized recording by a person unrelated to the investigation violated his client’s and the children’s constitutional rights by infringing on their private lives. The judges are clear: the accused “harassed those he had to train, protect and care for.”
“With some exceptions, most boys and girls agree on the basics that the accused makes it a habit to give them trinkets and gifts, and especially that girls sit them on their knees, hug, kiss, or touch their backs under their shirts.” The signatories also add: despite the “good concept” these minors’ teachers have“given their age, they did not appreciate a sexual connotation in the defendant’s behavior”.
The head of the Civil Guard’s Arms Intervention was in temporary prison after being arrested, but was released after paying a bail of 6,000 euros since the beginning of 2020. In addition, the judge prohibited him from residing in Barbastro and approaching the victims. The first complaint was for 16 children aged 6 to 10 belonging to schools. Pedro I and Upper Aragonsentenced each minor to 5 years and 1 day in prison, although the judges considered him to have repeatedly sexually abused nine children. Also, convicted sexual abuse is prioritized as she claims her superiority as a teacher, more than two others for whom he was sentenced to 4 years in prison for each child.
However, the court considers that there was no crime in the case of the other minors, despite the involvement of all the children involved.Extracurricular activities in two different courses in 2018 and 2019 coincided with their story.