The Prosecutor’s Office of Santa Cruz de Tenerife asks for a penalty eight years of jail for a man for supposedly having sexually assaulted to its friend when he was asleep, under the influence of alcohol and could not react.
The two had been friends for a few months and that’s why they went out for a night out with other friends, so they had several drinks in the center of La Laguna.
At an undetermined time, the complainant and the accused went to the former’s home in La Laguna since the latter lived in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and was invited by his friend to spend the night at his house.
Upon arrival, they both lay down in the only double bed that was free and at one point the defendant began to caress the victim’s chest, to which he responded that he felt uncomfortable so he asked him to let him sleep. From that moment on he rolled over and fell into a deep sleep due to the drinks he had consumed that night.
The accused took advantage of this circumstance and against his friend’s will sexually assaulted him, without him being able to react. It wasn’t until he woke up hours later that he began to have a blurry memory of what happened, so he went to the hospital to be examined and see if his suspicions were true.
There they collected certain biological samples, so he decided to file the corresponding complaint at the La Laguna National Police Station.
The Public Ministry requests that the accused also face civil liability of 2,000 euros for the moral damages caused.