The National Court sentenced the man who tried to rape the woman he had just met in a Seville nightclub to one year in prison for sexual assault crime In the case of attempted murder, the perpetrator will have to pay six years of supervised release and an additional six years with a ban on approaching the victim.
The events took place on May 28, 2022, at 6 a.m., at the exit of the Coyote nightclub located at Calonge polygonaccording to the decision rendered by the First section of the hearing and the accused admitted it.
According to the established facts, the woman arrived at the scene at approximately the same time, accompanied by friends. After speaking with the accused outside the premises and showing interest in the defendant’s vehicle – a Volkswagen Passat – they both got in and drove to number 13 Rodio Street in the aforementioned industrial area. The defendant parked there.
This story confirms that the attacker tried to kiss the woman in the passenger seat. Despite the victim’s denial, this individual “got up in his seat, pulled down his pants and underwear and he threw himself on her“.
The now convicted man grabbed the woman by the neck and, in the struggle between the two, she managed to open the car door and run away in a hurry, although she remained lying on the ground. Then the accused got on top of her, with the intention of undertake penetration and take away his cell phone “so he doesn’t call his friends.”
The workers saved her
Thanks to the victim’s calls for help, workers from neighboring companies were able to come to his aid, push the individual out of himself. They assisted the victim, “who had her dress pulled up to her waist and her underwear pulled down, being in a very upset state and crying.” After that, the National Police were able to arrest the man.
For the court in charge of this case, the facts bring together all the elements to be considered a crime of sexual assault with aggravating circumstance of attempted penetration and use of violence. Furthermore, this force increased during the struggle, where the accused caused several injuries to the victim.
The author will therefore be sentenced to one year in prison. for the crime of attempted sexual assault. This sentence being less than two years, the defendant will not set foot in the penitentiary center if he does not reoffend within the next three years.
This sentence will be added to six years of post-prison supervised release and six more years of prohibition to approach the victim or communicate with her. For the minor offence of injury for which he was also tried, the accused will have to pay a fine of 180 euros.
