Prosecution seeks 2.5 years prison for sexual assault of five-year-old in El Doctoral

The prosecutor demands 2.5 years imprisonment for a defendant accused of sexual aggression against a five-year-old child in a bar in El Doctoral, on the south-east coast of Gran Canaria.

The prosecutor filed the indictment with Court No. 1 of Instruction in San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The incident occurred on 28 February 2024. It took place in a bar on Avenida de Canarias in El Doctoral, Santa Lucía de Tirajana. The defendant touched the genitals of a five-year-old child through their clothing. The defendant made comments about the child's anatomy. The child attempted to resist the attack. The defendant repeated the act. A witness intervened. The child's mother demands compensation for psychological harm. The prosecutor classifies the acts as sexual aggression against a five-year-old minor.