The Superior Court of Xustiza of Galicia (TSXG) rejected the appeal filed by a father sentenced by the Pontevedra court to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing his minor daughter and ratified the said sentence.
The man was convicted by the provincial court as the perpetrator of a crime of sexual abuse of his daughter, when she was 14 years old and for two years. Thus, the Second Chamber of the Provincial Court of Pontevedra considered it proven that, since the girl was 14 years old, the accused He gave her tongue kisses on her mouth and then started touching her breasts..
Likewise, when the father was absent because he was on board, He demanded that she send him naked photosof her private parts, in the shower or in suggestive attitudes, and threatened to punish her if she did not do so. After the minor turned 15, he began sleeping with her, to subject her to touching, and even inserted his fingers into her vagina. The abuse stopped when the girl told her aunt and mother what was happening and the complaint was filed in July 2020.
According to Europe PressIn addition to the prison sentence, the Court imposed on the accused the sentence ban on communicating or approaching the victim for 22 yearsthe measure of supervised release for 10 years, the obligation to follow a sex education course and the ban on trades or professions relating to minors for 17 years. Likewise, he established that he had to compensate his daughter to the tune of 30,000 euros.
The defense appealed alleging that the principle of the presumption of innocence had been violated and that the conviction had taken place without evidence, but the TSXG rejected their arguments and confirms that the statement of the victim and witnesses such as her mother and auntin addition to other evidence (photos and messages exchanged between father and daughter) are enough to conclude that he was responsible for the crime, confirming the conviction in its entirety.
