Overview
- The Provincial Court of Cáceres sentenced a 22-year-old to 14 years and nine months for repeatedly raping and assaulting his partner after he accepted a deal that reduced an initial 32-year request.
- Forensic evaluations in the Cáceres case document severe psychological harm, including PTSD features, anxiety and dissociative symptoms consistent with prolonged sexual and gender-based violence.
- In Alicante, a 42-year-old received an 18-month prison term after admitting he sexually assaulted a 22-year-old he had taken to his home, following a plea agreement with prosecutors.
- The Alicante ruling notes the man threatened responding police with a hockey stick during his arrest and orders €2,000 in moral damages to the victim.
- In Palma, a 20-year-old testified that two men drugged and raped her when she was a runaway minor, with prosecutors seeking 12-year sentences and €30,000 each in compensation as the trial continues.