Overview
- Police in Palma detained a 51-year-old Nigerian man on suspicion of continuous sexual assault of his minor daughter, then a judge granted provisional release with a no-contact order.
- The girl told officers the abuse began when she was 12 and lasted about two years with daily touching, forced nudity, pornographic viewing, and repeated attempts at penetration.
- UFAM, the National Police unit for family and gender crimes, opened the investigation in April after receiving the complaint and carried out steps that led to the arrest.
- In a separate case, a 31-year-old German man admitted groping a 12-year-old on a pedal boat in s’Arenal de Llucmajor and accepted a two-year suspended sentence, a €3,000 payment, and a sex-education program.
- Also in Palma, a closed-door trial is under way for a man accused of abusing three children aged 5, 8, and 11, with prosecutors seeking 39 years in prison and damages for moral harm.