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Palma Man Gets 13½ Years for Raping and Impregnating 10-Year-Old Stepdaughter

A plea deal let the court issue a fast, final verdict with restitution for the child.

Overview

  • The provincial court in Palma sentenced the defendant to 13.5 years after he admitted the rape in a plea deal Wednesday.
  • The judgment orders €20,000 in restitution to the girl, who remains under IMAS custody, the island’s social services authority.
  • Doctors at Hospital Son Espases confirmed a pregnancy that did not go to term and genital injuries that lasted more than a month, and reports say she now shows trauma symptoms.
  • After the mother alerted Policía Nacional, the UFAM family-and-women unit investigated, arrested the suspect, and a judge ordered him held before trial.
  • The sentence was delivered in open court and declared final, and outlets differ slightly on the man’s age and assault count while agreeing on the core facts and outcome.