A worker working in an erotica store in Alfafar (Valencia) was sentenced to prison. one year in prison sexual abuse to do touching a customerinside one of the testers, under what excuse to try sex toys He said he plans to sell it. sentence one The Valencia Criminal Court was of the opinion that the lascivious spirit of the accused, who sought to justify the physical approach to the complainant, a 25-year-old girl, with his legitimate interest, was demonstrated.I want to sell the product“.
The incidents occurred when the 38-year-old Venezuelan national, who was convicted on September 15, 2019, was working as an employee in a sex shop. According to the proven facts disclosed, the clerk attended a customer who was interested in an erotic game sold at work, and while presenting his other items from the store, a vibrator was placed in his pocket and he placed his leg in the intimate area of young people
As soon as he noticed the vibration, the customer walked away, but at that moment he thought it was normal to show him how the vibrator works, which is his typical job as a salesman. Thus, continuing this so-called explanation of the products, the accused invited the customer to one of the dressing rooms and entered with it, closed the curtain.
Two colleagues, stating that it is not usual for the defendants to enter the locker room with the clients, dismantled the defendant’s version and testified at the hearing.
The sentence emphasizes that it is an undeniable fact that both are left behind. more than three minutes in the locker room, as can be seen from the footage of the store’s security cameras. And as the convicted man’s two colleagues declared, this it was not a “as usual” procedureand in any case never touch or hug a customer to sell a product.
During their time alone in the locker room, away from any view of customers or other employees, prisoners she turned her back on the customer, covered her eyes with a turban, and grabbed her hands and threw them behind her. like handcuffs. Then, without her consent, hindered by her situation, I ran the vibrator over her breasts, pulled her shirt up, she pulled out her breast and kissed it.
Next, the accused held his head and asked his victim. if i could kiss her. Although he replied: “What I didn’t choose‘, the clerk removed the turban from his eyes, held his face with both hands, and kissed him on the lips before leaving the dressing room: “Goodbye.”
Despite the incident, the customer came to buy erotic game package and when he went to pay, the clerk gave him a card with his name and phone number so he would tell him how the game went, just as he told him. After meeting with her relatives and realizing that what was happening was not normal, the young woman filed a complaint “almost immediately after the events,” according to the sentence. In fact, according to the psychological report conducted on the victim at the Valencia Institute of Forensic Medicine, “the defendant’s behavior made the young woman feel uncomfortable and tense” and she is suffering as a result of this incident.significant anxious symptomatology“.
“Fruit of imagination”
The defendant’s defense sought to bring to trial a possible fraudulent motive, which was planned out of supposed envy over the volume of sales the convicted man had made by his boss, but said the thesis was “still a trophy” based on the verdict. it was based solely on the fact that the complainant and the defendant’s boss lived in the same place, but there was no minimal supporting evidence.
Further, the sentence considers that the victim’s statement satisfies all the conditions for it to be valid as evidence against the accused in order to undermine the accused’s presumption of innocence. His story “offers absolute credibility” in “logical, consistent and reasonable” statements.there is no contradiction or any false motive. Not even asking for compensation.. It also persists in the accusation and gives lots of details.
Confronted by the victim’s powerful narrative, the defendant tried to explain that he had spent more than three minutes alone in the locker room with his client, limiting himself to claiming that they were talking and that the young woman “will be”. in his imagination”.
For all these reasons, the Valencia 10th High Criminal Court sentenced him to one year in prison for sexual abuse. Since he has a prison sentence of not more than two years and has no criminal record, convicted person is not imprisoned.