The judge in charge of the investigation into the conspiracy of businessmen and pimps, accused of having created a small prostitution ringin 2014 in Murcia, ordered the suspension of sentences of four sex offenders, who will not go to prison. The magistrate made this decision despite protests called by neighbors and neighborhood indignation.
During this Monday’s hearing, Juan Castejón Ardid, a businessman from Alicante and principal convicted of five crimes of prostitution and corruption of minors, expressed his regrets to the judge. The businessman from Lorca, Antonio Pelegrín, accused of two crimes of prostitution and corruption of minors, said that “in life there are moments that “they should not happen or exist”. “I regret it, “I regret everything”said José Antonio Arce, another of those involved.
The only one of the accused who has not asked for forgiveness is José Jara Albero, accused of prostitution and corruption of minors. Indeed, upon leaving court, he was hostile to the cameras: “Don’t delete anything.”
The prosecutor has already announced that he will appeal the sentence. For her part, the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, believes that “these people end up in prison, that’s where they should be.
However, and for the moment, the Murcia Provincial Court has decreed that the four businessmen will not be able to commit any additional crimes over the next four years and undergo a sexual re-education program. and do not approach the victims.
What was not decided during this Monday’s session was the future of one of the main pimps in the plotwho assured that he wanted to “apologize for the past and for the acts committed”, to which the prosecutor responded that “the system cannot fail again with these minors who prostituted themselves”. On the other hand, Justice must still review the sentences of seven of the condemned.
