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Dozens of women, convened by the Cordovan Platform against Violence against Women , have concentrated on Tuesday at the gates of the City of Justice of Córdoba in support of the young woman who denounced the four members of the WhatsApp group for sexual abuse of La Manada , in some events prior to the case of the Sanfermines of 2016, for which a young woman is being imprisoned for a group rape with another fifth convicted.

In this regard, women have launched different sophlamas highlighting that the victim "is not alone, here is your pack" , while they have stressed that "it is not an isolated case, this is called patriarchy . " In this way, they have condemned "all sexist violence and that we find a patriarchal justice, which is not aware that there are many forms of intimidation and violence for the simple fact of being a woman."

After 9.30 am the four defendants arrived in the judicial building guarded in a van by the National Police, through a door that, like this Monday, only had several agents stationed in it, along with a police car, without the presence of other people, except some means.

Meanwhile, through the main door entered the lawyer of the defendants, Agustín Martínez , who has been surrounded by dozens of women who were on one side and have shouted in front of his face and exposed posters, which read 'Sister you are not alone ' , ' all with you ' , while carrying photographs of the accused.

The session on Tuesday is scheduled to declare the victim , as well as the fifth sentenced to 15 years in prison for the events of the Sanfermines, Ángel Boza , who is interned in Albolote, in Granada, so he will do so by videoconference as witness when putting comments in the groups of the aforementioned social network where the videos were shared. They will also declare friends of the young woman who denounced the events and agents of the Foral Police of Navarra who initiated the investigation following the finding of the video.

They declare themselves "innocent"

It should be noted that the four defendants have accepted their right not to testify before the judge of the Criminal Court number 1 of Cordoba, Luis Javier Santos , after maintaining that they are "innocent" of the facts. Meanwhile, the togado has agreed to delay until the sentence his decision on the nullity or not of the video that the four defendants recorded on the facts.

In this regard, the judge has remarked that "it is not the only evidence in the procedure" and has referred to the "consent" given by the accused before the investigating judge of Pamplona, ​​where they found the recordings after handing over their phones and the Foral Police of Navarra initiated investigation. The defense lawyer has made a protest "for violation of the fundamental right to effective judicial protection."

The private prosecution, which represents the young woman with the lawyer Blas Arévalo , asks for two-year and six-month jail sentences, restraining orders for five years and one year of probation for the alleged commission of continued crime of sexual abuse; as well as four years and three months in jail for crimes against privacy. It also claims compensation of 3,600 euros for the injuries suffered and 80,000 euros for the moral damage caused .

For its part, the popular accusation, represented by the Clara Campoamor Association with the lawyer Patricia Catalina, has requested the same penalties as the representation of the young woman. And the defense asks for absolution by considering that "there is no crime."

Meanwhile, the Prosecutor's Office requests for the four defendants three years' imprisonment for the alleged commission of a crime of sexual abuse against the young woman, four more years for another crime against intimacy and for one of them, the last driver, a fine of 720 euros for allegedly causing minor injuries.

The Prosecutor's Office also asks for the victim as civil liability a joint and joint compensation that the defendants of 4,500 euros must pay for their healing and 6,000 more for the moral damages caused , as reported by the Superior Prosecutor of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, in basis for the provisional qualification brief.

The events occurred on the night of May 1, 2016 and were made public in September 2016 in the investigation of the case that was being developed in Pamplona and in which the four defendants were involved in this case and one more member of the aforementioned group, made by those already in prison.

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