This Thursday, the Leiria Court sentenced a man to seven years in prison for the crime of child sexual abuse, the victim of which was his nephew, who was 18 months old at the time.
“Your behavior is absolutely indescribable, no one does what you did to an 18-month-old child, to anyone, much less to a defenseless child,” said the chairman of the collective court when announcing the decision, which was attended by the defendant via video conference from prison. where he is kept preventively.
The man was also ordered to compensate the minor with 30 thousand euros (the prosecutor’s office requested 50 thousand euros on his behalf) and to pay expenses to hospital centers in Leiria (187.49 euros) and Coimbra (117.57 euros). with treatment.
The defendant was also sentenced to the additional penalty of prohibiting him from taking on a trust for a minor, such as adoption, guardianship, guardianship, foster care, civil guardianship, transfer, guardianship or trust for a minor, for a period of 10 years – the same period in during which he is prohibited from performing parental responsibilities.
According to the indictment, in July 2023, the defendant, who stayed with his nephew for about half an hour, sexually assaulted him in the city of Leiria.
The minor was then taken to a hospital in Leiria and transferred to the pediatric hospital in Coimbra on the same day.
According to the Office of the Public Prosecutor (MP), the defendant acted “with the aim of satisfying his libidinal instincts”, believing that he took advantage of “the easy contact he had with the minor” and “the circumstance that the minor was left in his care.”
According to the deputy, the man “seriously harmed the development of his personality in terms of sexual self-determination.”
The chairman of the board stated that “the facts stated in the charge have been proven,” noting that the defendant “admitted these facts, confessed.”
Reiterating that the defendant’s behavior was “completely unspeakable,” the judge emphasized that “society demands severe punishment,” adding that “this is a possible punishment.”
The trial judge also told the defendant, the child’s father, that “he faces seven years of effective imprisonment” and, “worse,” “he will have no parental responsibility” for 10 years.
On July 18, 2023, the Judicial Police (JP) announced that they had arrested a 27-year-old man in Leiria suspected of sexually assaulting an 18-month-old child, his nephew.
According to the SP, the man took advantage of “instant custody of the child to commit violence.”
According to the statement, “the parents took the child, who was crying profusely, to the hospital in Leiria, and the emergency service, having discovered signs of sexual abuse, immediately alerted the police.”
The child was “conducted a medico-legal examination, which confirmed forcible sexual abuse,” the SP said.
A source from the criminal investigation department of the Leiria police then told Lusa that the accused had no criminal record, explaining that it was “a crime of opportunity where the child’s parents momentarily left the child in the care of his uncle.” .
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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