The prosecution requests sentences of 28 to 53 years in prison against the five accused of belonging to the appeal Herd of Castelldefels for creating a “criminal group” to attack women, the first time this has been applied criminal typologya in cases of rape.
The accused exchanged messages in a WhatsApp group called K-Team Manada in which they discussed the rapes. They are accused of sexual assault, revealing secrets and belonging to “criminal group to commit crimes against sexual compensation” in several homes.
The prosecution’s indictment indicates that “the five defendants, brought together and previously agreed between them, being fully aware of the limits that covid represented and taking advantage of it, during the months of March to May 2021, contacted through of social networks”. networks with young people who, due to medical or personal circumstances, had low self-esteem to, once their confidence has been gained, offer meetings with them.
The victims voluntarily attended these parties but did not know in advance that they were prepared to maintain group sex. On the other hand, the five defendants came “with the knowledge and desire to attack the sexual compensation of young women, creating in said house a climate of submission which diminished and even canceled the ability of the injured to react.”
Some of them were taking medication and given alcohol. In their statements, the victims admitted that they had gone to the meetings with the intention of having sex with one of the accused, but not in a group or being subjected to sexual violence. non-consensual practices.
In messages in the WhatsApp group, they “made fun of what they intended to do” with the victims. The Prosecutor’s Office reports that the mistreatment of one of the victims occurred while he was in detention. “a state of total intoxication”. Taking advantage of her condition, they undressed her and took her to a room where they “penetrated her successively anally, vaginally and orally” without using a condom.
The woman “saw her ability to react canceled” while her attackers told her “don’t see how she can hold on like she is, you are a champion”. Another victim was raped and recorded and the images were distributed via the WhatsApp group without their consent, which is why the prosecution requests compensation between 50,000 and 89,000 euros for bodily and moral damages.
