In Navarra, a provincial court has handed down a sentence totaling six years of prison for a 45-year-old Pamplona resident who forced a 14-year-old girl into sexual activity and who also engaged in prostitution with her. The judgment assigns two distinct sentences: six years in total for human trafficking and sexual exploitation, and four years for sexual abuse with penetration. The girl had previously been housed in a government shelter before these crimes were set in motion.
In relation to these events, a mother and her daughter, both originally from Cuba, were also found guilty and sentenced to three years each for inducing prostitution among three minors. The daughter, additionally charged as an accomplice to the sexual abuse committed by the man, received a further three-year term (to be served concurrently within the same case).
The court’s decision, reached on December 4 through a negotiated agreement among the prosecution, the private complaint represented by the Government of Navarra, and the defense, established that the 43-year-old daughter knew a 14-year-old girl as she was a schoolmate of the daughter’s older child. The Navarra High Court reported that the victim had visited the family home on several occasions and even stayed there overnight on some occasions.
On December 4, 2022, the minor and two others aged 13 and 14 fled a protection center under Navarra’s government. They went to the aforementioned residence, spending December 7 and 9 there. Upon arrival, the two accused women allegedly told the minors that if they wanted to stay, they would have to earn money by engaging in sexual relations.
Two of the minors opposed this proposal. The third did not refuse, and thereafter the daughter began connecting with potential clients. One client was sent photographs of the minor and asked for 50 euros in exchange for sexual access. That client complied and carried out the act on December 7. Two days later, the same client returned with the same intent. The minor refused again, but the man restrained her forcefully and raped her. While the minor was compelled to continue sexual activity with others, the daughter kept control over what was happening and benefited financially from the arrangement.
Trastorno mental y reparación de daño
According to the judgment, the convicted daughter shows a mild intellectual disability linked to harmful alcohol use and stimulant and cannabis consumption, which would moderately to severely affect her cognitive and volitional abilities, though it cannot be said that these factors completely nullified her responsibility for the crimes charged.
The mother, meanwhile, has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, which at the time of the events could have caused a serious impairment of her intellectual and volitional faculties. In the negotiated agreement between the accusations and the defenses, both women received a factor that mitigates their responsibility due to mental disorder. For the man, a further mitigating circumstance related to compensation for the damage was recognized for the prior payment of 600 euros.
As part of the sentence, the mother, daughter, and the client are prohibited from approaching or communicating with the victims for a period ranging from five to ten years. They must also fulfill terms of supervised freedom: three years for the mother, eight years for the daughter, and thirteen years for the client. In addition, the daughter and the man are obligated to compensate the minor victim with 8,000 euros. The mother’s prison term was suspended for two years on the condition that she pays a fine of 1,314 euros and refrains from committing any offense during that period. The agreement also involved a monetary remedy aimed at reparation for the harm suffered, alongside bans on contact and supervision measures to protect the victims. This case highlights the intersection of mental health considerations with criminal accountability and the enforcement of restitution in crimes involving sexual exploitation of minors. (Source: Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Navarra, with procedural context reported by Navarra’s government bodies.)