An Aveiro court this Thursday sentenced a 79-year-old man to four years of probation for seducing a 15-year-old girl into sending him nude photos and videos.
When the ruling was announced, the presiding judge stated that the facts imputed to the defendant had been proven.
The man was convicted of 20 aggravated crimes of underage pornography, but the court realized that there were only “two separate and independent criminal decisions, the first for simple enticement, and the second for the use of a serious threat.”
Thus, the defendant was sentenced to the statutory sum of four years’ imprisonment for two crimes of pornography of minors, one of them with aggravating circumstances.
In favor of the defendant was the fact that he had no criminal record and was part of his family and social life.
The panel of judges conditioned the suspension of punishment on the payment by the defendant of 1,800 euros to the victim, who is now 22 years old, as economic compensation during the maximum period of suspension.
The Prosecution Prosecutor’s Office (PPO), consulted by Lusa, alleges that in May 2016 the defendant made contact with a minor via a mobile phone, posing as a 19-year-old boy living in Pombal.
According to the investigation, the defendant tried to set up a meeting with the victim and create a relationship of trust and empathy, culminating in sending a picture of a naked boy and asking for photos of the victim, who was also naked.
At the insistence of the defendant, the minor eventually sent him three photographs in which she appeared naked.
In possession of these photographs, the defendant continued to ask for more nude photographs, threatening to divulge the photos in his possession to the victim’s parents and friends.
Faced with such a threat, the minor sent more photos and even a video where she was naked.
The deputy says that the defendant “acted with the intention of satisfying his libidinal instincts, requesting and obtaining the sending of photos and videos of a minor in underwear and naked, knowing full well that she was a minor and was not in a position to oppose or resist him.” their behavior and actions of a sexual nature.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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