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Accused of raping a 12-year-old girl, a man has been acquitted

A young man who was a couple with a 12-year-old girl in San Vicente del Raspeig was absolved of sexually assaulting her in Alicante Juvenile Court No. 2. The man, who was 17 years old at the time of the reported incidents in 2023, was facing a request from the Prosecutor’s Office for nearly three years of confined confinement. He has since been acquitted.
The ruling has established that both parties engaged in sexual intercourse with vaginal penetration. However, it does not establish that the defendant, who was represented by attorney José Luis Sánchez Calvo, used “intimidation or violence” or that the interaction was “without consent,” as the victim did not disclose the alleged assault until one year had passed.
The ruling also notes that the young man was four and a half years older than the younger girl. Although the two exhibited a clear distinction in physical development, “there is no evidence that such a difference also existed in the psychological realm.”
The facts that were established in the ruling are dated back to September 2022. The minor was involved in a romantic relationship with a 12-year-old female. They engaged in sexual intercourse that involved vaginal penetration at one point while they were in her family residence. Conversely, the magistrate maintains that intimidation or violence were not employed during the incident.
According to the ruling issued by Juvenile Court No. 2 of Alicante, they terminated their relationship as a result of this purported abuse; however, they re-established it six months later and continued to engage in consensual sexual intercourse until the separation in October of the same year.
A complaint that was filed after the fact
In the same month, the girl and her mother visited the police station to report the purported abuse. She reported that her partner proposed having intercourse with her while they were alone at her partner’s parents’ home. She declined, requesting that he cease. However, the girl informed the officers that he persisted in his refusal to relinquish her and pursue another woman. He ultimately forcibly removed her trousers, and they engaged in sexual intercourse.
The ruling asserts that the minor informed her mother the day following the incident that she had engaged in sexual intercourse with her lover, but that she had not been coerced into doing so. The couple separated in October 2022, one month after the alleged maltreatment, as per the advice of her parents. The young man apologised to her parents six months later, and they consented to the resumption of their relationship.
According to the complainant, they engaged in “consensual” sexual relations during the eight-month duration of the second phase of this relationship, which concluded in October 2023. It concluded with four distinct versions of the narrative; however, the precise rationale for this ending remains uncertain.
The mother stated that they requested it after discovering that the initial relationship was coerced. In the interim, the man who was exonerated claimed that they parted ways due to the minor discovering that he was dating other women. The victim presented two alternatives: initially, she expressed her fatigue with the relationship; however, she later disclosed that she had forbidden her partner from recording the consensual sex out of concern for the potential virality of the images. The defendant’s phone did not contain any recordings, as indicated in the sentence, according to the Civil Guard.
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Two rescued after being trapped by rising sea levels near Denia

As the weather improves, the time changes, and summer draws near, more people will be rescued from the most picturesque—yet most inaccessible—locations in the area. Every year, the tendency remains consistent. The first rescue occurred yesterday, Sunday 30th March, when there were already a lot of people visiting this region.
Two young individuals were caught by the rising tide in Cova Tallada, one of the most popular caves in the Marina Alta, and were rescued by local police from Xàbia and Dénia, as well as firefighters from the Provincial Fire Consortium and Civil Protection. It is situated on the border with Dénia, the town that is typically used to enter this cave, beneath the Montgó rocks.
Given how choppy the sea was, it was a dangerous situation. A visit to the cave isn’t precisely advised in those situations because it can turn into a death trap. The youngsters only sustained minor scrapes as a result of the successful procedure. The excellent coordination that went into the rescue has been commended by the police.
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Man dies after an accident between a car and a motorcycle near Torremendo

According to the Generalitat’s (Catalan Government) Emergency Information and Coordination Centre (CICU), a 29-year-old man lost his life in a car-motorcycle collision on the CV-925 highway yesterday Sunday, 30th March, close to the Pedrera reservoir near Torremendo.
After receiving information of the fatal accident, which happened at around midday, the CICU called in an ambulance and a medical helicopter from the Emergency Medical Service (SAMU).
Advanced cardiac resuscitation and other stabilisation procedures have been used by the medical team to help the young man, but there has been no reaction, and his death has been confirmed.
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Eleven years sought for woman counterfeiting 500€ notes

According to the High Court of Justice, a woman suspected of forging currency has been summoned to trial by Section XI of the Provincial Court, located in Elche, this Thursday, 3rd April. She is seeking an eleven-year prison sentence for the offence.

The public prosecutor’s summary of events states that a bank filed the complaint against the woman in 2020 after it was found that workers had detected the deposit of counterfeit banknotes totalling €500 into multiple ATMs of a company from a bank account. Businesses that handle a lot of cash frequently deposit huge sums of money through ATMs, particularly on weekends.
A woman was recognised as a suspect after the National Police launched an inquiry. The investigation found that she established a shell company. She was able to open a checking account with the bank using the company’s details. After that, the woman took money out of certain ATMs and deposited money at others. The bills she got were clearly authentic, whereas the deposits were fake. The case filing doesn’t explain where these bills came from.
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