He was arrested in May last year and was in prison until the start of June this year. The Prosecutor's Office had called for a 40-year sentence. The defence maintained that sexual relations were consensual.
He met the girl on Instagram in February 2023. They went to an abandoned house near the football ground in Puerto Pollensa where they had sex. He then accompanied her home.
There were three more sexual encounters. These were either at his home or in the La Gola nature reserve. The last time they saw each other was in May 2023. He was arrested soon afterwards following a complaint to the Guardia Civil.
The court concluded that it had not been proven that there was violence or intimidation on any of the four occasions. The girl's version "lacked credibility". No witnesses called were present when the reported sexual assaults were committed. The "weakness" of her account was accentuated by detail of one episode that was "totally incompatible with non-consensual sexual assault".
The Colombian man has an IQ 58 per cent below average. This places his mental age at around ten or eleven. The court's ruling states: "Even though the defendant was 19 years old, he was not a person far removed in maturity from the complainant."
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A child cannot consent to their own abuse. This is a European law. I know, I worked on it. This child was 13 years old. Spainish law is not protecting children or women. There are lots of fancy fiestas and banners promoting woman’s rights, but in reality they are being ignored. Children (like this young girl) and women are being raped. The offenders are getting away with it. This child was groomed. Just to be clear - a child cannot consent to their own abuse. 13 is a child. Spain - seriously, join Europe. This is a horror.
Unbelievable! 13 is far too young for sexual consent, so it is clearly rape. Unless the law in Spain is seriously out of sync with most of Europe. Either way this is horrendous. But this is Spain being 3rd world. And no matter how much noise is made here about gender equality and all the banners and flags that get splashed about denouncing male machismo, etc., the judges regularly don’t give a toss about child sexual abuse or female rights. Shameful.