Corrientes: he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexual abuse
The Goya Trial Court today sentenced Leonel Alberto Sánchez to serve a 14-year prison sentence for the crime of “Sexual abuse with carnal access aggravated by taking advantage of the pre-existing coexistence with the victim, in the form of a continuing crime.” ”.
A total of 30 witnesses were summoned throughout the six days of the trial.
On Friday morning the arguments were heard and then the guilty verdict was handed down. Immediately afterwards, the sentencing trial was held, concluding the case.
The convicted man came to trial free
The sexual abuse carried out on the victim girl was repeated for several years and presented heterogeneity in its modalities of commission and constituting itself in the form of a continuing crime.
The convicted person took advantage of the fact that the girl went to live at his house, to complete her secondary studies in the town of Esquina, and taking advantage of this circumstance, at night and also during a nap, he managed to carry out his conduct, violating the protected legal right; What is the sexual freedom and reserve of the victim.
The extent of the damage caused was especially evaluated, presenting a notable magnitude, particularly the psychological issue of the victim, who presented a double standard of vulnerability; woman and minor.
The accused came to trial free. The Court did not grant the preventive detention requested by the Prosecutor, because plausible reasons that justified the modification of the status of freedom had not been verified, in the caesura trial and in the terms of ritual article 343, and despite the discerned sentence, Until now, it was always right.
The amount of the penalty
The high amount of the penalty specifically does not necessarily and unfailingly support the issuance of the most burdensome precautionary measure in the procedural catalogue, if the procedural risk in the specific case is not demonstrated. The convicted person will not be able to contact the victim, and must appear once a week at the Corner Prosecutor’s Office, and may not leave said provincial department without express judicial authorization.
Dr. Guillermo Barry intervened as Prosecutor and Dr. José Alejandro Fernández Codazzi as defense attorney.
