Overview
- A Barcelona court found F. de H. guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old autistic girl and sentenced him to 11 years and 9 months in prison plus nine years of supervised release, a ban on working with minors and €20,000 in moral damages to the victim's mother.
- Therapists treating the Barcelona victim linked severe post‑traumatic symptoms to the assault and the girl later died by suicide, a development cited by the court when describing the harm caused.
- The Barcelona judgment relied on medical evidence that the accused knew he was HIV‑positive with poor immunovirological control and carried Hepatitis C, and the court noted the assault was unprotected despite that knowledge.
- In Jaén a court sentenced a 60‑year‑old man to a total of 18 years in prison for repeated sexual abuse of three underage sisters, imposing 33 years of bans on contact and work with minors, 15 years of supervised release and €39,000 in civil indemnities; that sentence can still be appealed.
- Under Spanish law the age of consent is 16 and courts treat youth plus cognitive disability as special vulnerability that increases penalties, a practice that produced combined prison terms, long prohibitions and compulsory treatment or education in these rulings.