A man was sentenced to eleven and a half years in prison for a continuing sexual abuse crime. The abuse began when the victim, a nine-year-old girl, was under his care; the man was fifty at the start of the attacks. The ruling also requires him to compensate the minor with eight thousand euros for moral damages and imposes an additional nine years of probation after release.
Facts presented during the trial showed that the abuse had already extended for more than a year. The victim told her mother, and both learned of the case after seeing news about a different child who had been assaulted. The mother then advised her daughter never to open the door to strangers. The girl responded with a troubling question that highlighted her confusion about safety. The mother promptly reported the situation the next day.
The events occurred at a municipality residence in Murcia where the convicted man and his wife live. The couple served as the little girl’s godparents and attended her First Communion. The abuse began soon after the girl took part in that ritual. She stayed in their home, and during moments when the man was alone with her, he exploited the opportunity to touch her despite her pleas for him to stop. She described a sequence of actions that included kissing on the lips, which she resisted, and in one instance he allegedly bit her.
the defendant’s stance
The accused denied any physical contact with the girl. He referred to the girl as a rebellious child and claimed that if his godparents had been different, he would have faced his parents about attending the communion. He asserted that he loved both the girl and his wife.
When the Murcia County Court rendered its decision, the court weighed the girl’s account as credible. The testimony, the court noted, described five separate incidents from the day she stayed at home to the day in March when the alleged acts took place, including touching her chest, kissing intimate areas, biting on the mouth, sexual acts, and digital penetration. The court found no motive, pressure, or circumstances that would undermine the reliability of the minor’s testimony.
The court also referred to the psychological assessment conducted through the Child and Adolescent Assessment System (SENA). The evaluation showed post-traumatic symptoms consistent with the alleged abuse of a child.
As part of the sentence, the convicted individual is prohibited from approaching or contacting the victim for ten years.
Note: All factual statements reflect the judicial decision and the testimony presented during the proceedings, with the narrative drawing on the court record and the accompanying psychological assessments cited in the ruling.