In Tenerife, a stepfather is facing 10 years in prison for raping his 7-year-old stepdaughter.
A man in Tenerife is facing 10 years in prison on charges of prolonged rape of his stepdaughter, who reported the abuse starting when she was seven years old.
A man in Tenerife is facing 10 years in prison. He is accused of repeatedly raping his stepdaughter for a long period, starting when she was only 7 years old.
In addition to imprisonment, the victim's lawyer is seeking an additional 5 years of probation for him, as well as a ban on approaching the girl closer than one kilometer for 12 years. They are also demanding that he pay her 60,000 euros in compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Initially, the prosecutor wanted to close the case, but then changed his mind. He asked the court to sentence the accused to 5 years in prison for sexual assault.
In court, the girl spoke about the terrible things her stepfather did to her when she was 6 years old. She only filed a lawsuit against him in 2021, when she became an adult. The man denies everything and says it is revenge for him kicking her out of the house.
The girl says that her stepfather raped her when they were alone. This caused her serious psychological trauma.
The girl's mother confirmed that her daughter had told her about the abuse in childhood, and they left home then. But then they returned, and, according to her, the violence did not happen again. However, the girl still needed psychological help. The psychologist she consulted does not remember the girl talking about abuse, but spoke about problems with her mother and at school. The examination showed anxiety in the girl, but could not establish whether it was related to violence.