Overview
- The Audiencia Provincial de Valladolid convicted a man on Thursday for continued sexual assault of his 12-year-old stepdaughter and sentenced him to 11 years in prison.
- Valladolid judges credited the victim’s recorded testimony as fully credible and relied on reports from a psychosocial team, a forensic psychologist and a social worker to reach the verdict.
- The Valladolid sentence also imposes absolute disqualification during the term, 16 years of bans on approaching or contacting the girl, eight years of supervised release after prison and a €10,000 award for moral damages.
- In A Coruña a closed-door hearing was scheduled for Thursday for a 2019 case in which prosecutors seek 27 years in prison and the private accuser asks for 30 years while the defense seeks acquittal.
- Both cases illustrate how Spanish courts use protected testimony and multidisciplinary expert reports in child-abuse prosecutions and how convictions can carry long prison terms, professional bans and financial compensation to protect minors.