The Supreme Court of Andalusia (TSJA) has confirmed the conviction thirteen years in prison a man who abused and raped his partner in Malaga in retaliation for speaking to a neighbor. The sentence he had access to EFEdetails how the attacker used sexual violence as a form of “punishment” and even said after the attack, “That was the first punishment for putting up with it, the second punishment is shaving your hair.”
The episode occurred in October 2022 in the house where the couple lived, who had been in a romantic relationship for three years and had a child together. According to the verdict, the convicted man, a native of Nador (Morocco), accused the victim of chatting with a neighbor on the street. After producing a knife, he raped her and physically abused her in the context of “harassing and degrading treatment.”
In addition, the court emphasizes that the woman lived in a constant climate of violence and humiliation. “I gave him a tip Face slapping, Kicks, Punching and he addressed her with expressions such as: “Old lady, who will love you, thank God you have me, whore, son of a bitch, you are worthless, junkie, blind, four eyes,” the court ruling says.
The ruling states that the violence intensified from May to October 2022, with specific episodes that illustrate the dangerousness of the attacker. On several occasions The woman suffered attacks with objects: a shoe thrown at her head and hitting her, or a pair of scissors thrown at her face and hitting her left arm as she tried to avoid them.
In the summer, the attacker scratched his face and hit him, causing his death. Hematoma in the left eye. In mid-September, he was repeatedly kicked in the legs and beaten all over his body, leaving visible marks on his back.
The Andalusian Supreme Court recalls that although the defendant denied having mistreated or sexually abused her partner and claimed that everything she said was “a fabrication”, the victim claimed at the hearing the same story that she had presented since the beginning of the proceedings, with “Power, truthfulness And Repetitionwithout recognizing any wrong motives.”
According to the decision, the victim suffered scratches to his face, bruises to his left eye and upper lip and other injuries to his back. The climax of this violence occurred when the attacker, after accusing her of talking to the neighbor, raped her “while molesting her and hitting her in the back.” Each time he complained of pain“.
In addition to the prison sentence, the TSJA imposed a penalty 15 years ban on approach the victim at a distance of at least 500 meters from his home, workplace or any place where he is, as well as the prohibition on communicating with the victim in any way. Once the sentence is served, the attacker must undergo punishment seven years probation. However, the judgment can still be appealed to the Supreme Court in cassation.
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