This Saturday noon the Attorney General’s Office announced that a criminal judge with knowledge “sentenced a man who sexually abused and caused the death of his 19-month-old stepson to 42 years and 8 months in prison“, in Bello (Antioquia).
The judge declared him responsible for the crimes of homicide and abusive carnal access, both aggravated behaviors.
Through a press release, the prosecuting entity indicated that, during the oral trial, the Attorney General’s Office “proved that, on May 5, 2022, the minor was taken in an unconscious state to a hospital in Bello (Antioquia). “.
Along these lines, he added that, “there the doctors established who presented head trauma, conjunctiva hemorrhage in the left eye and signs of old and recent sexual abuse. After spending eight days under observation, the victim died.”
Protest with toys against the sexual abuse of minors.
Photo:César Melgarejo. TIME
A prosecutor from the Center for Comprehensive Attention to Victims of Sexual Abuse (CAIVAS) of the Medellín Section “It proved that the child was systematically attacked between November 2021 and May 2022, in the bathroom of the property. where they lived”, in the La Gabriela neighborhood, in Bello.
The known conviction is of first instance and legal remedies apply against it.
How to prevent sexual abuse in minors?
Authorities advise parents and adults to ask children frequently how they are doing at school, how they are feeling, listen carefully to what they have to say and believe them.
Likewise, be attentive to signs that may indicate that something is not right: “The most important of all is that from one moment to the next the boy or girl no longer wants to go to school and begins to show changes in their mood.; In other words, they may be sad and irritable; also furious and even hostile.”
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