The Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC) has dismissed the appeal filed against the judgment of the Provincial Court of Santa Cruz de Tenerife what sentences a man to ten years and three months in prison for sexual abuse of his cousin’s daughter, a minorin the municipality of The rosary (Tenerife).
The Canarian high court also confirms that the condemned You will not be able to approach the minor for 12 years, a daily fine of 1,800 euros and compensation amounting to 15,000 euros.
The events occurred between August 2018 and April 2019 when the minor, who was 9 years old, he spent the afternoons at his maternal grandmother’s house and frequently visited the condemned man’s housewhich was very close.
There, on several occasions, the man convinced the minor to perform oral sex and masturbate him, taking advantage of his young age and lack of maturity, without using violence but being very insistent and offering him prizes such as playing the play station. In addition, she showed him videos of sexual intercourse on the mobile phone or on the computer.
The facts were denounced by the parents in April and an appeal against the sentence can be appealed to the Supreme Court.
