• Declaration of the child. "The girl has told in detail everything they did to her at home"
  • First day: The three players deny having had relations with the minor who denounced them

A classmate of the minor who on November 24, 2017 was allegedly subjected to sexual assault by three former La Arandina CF players at the address they shared in Aranda de Duero (Burgos), has ratified that at At least one of the defendants knew that the complainant was 15 years old .

The witness, classmate of the minor, on the third day of the trial that is held behind closed doors since last November 21 at the Audience of Burgos, has maintained that RCH, whom he knew for being his football coach, He was aware of the status of a minor victim of the alleged victim since he had told him 10 days before the events. The statement of this witness, along with that of seven others, is the highlight of this new session, because, in the words of Luis Antonio Calvo, who exercises the popular accusation on behalf of the Clara Campoamor association, he would confirm that the three defendants were fully aware of her condition as a minor , something that the former Arandina rejected on the first day of the trial.

Precisely, one of the arguments used by the defense in this case is that the former players did not maintain relations with the young woman and that they were completely unaware of her age. The age of the young woman is one of the keys in this case since, according to the Criminal Code, being under 16 years of age, consent to sexual relations is irrelevant. Article 183 of the Criminal Code says that "he who will perform acts of a sexual nature with a child under sixteen years of age will be punished as responsible for sexual abuse of a child with the prison sentence of two to six years . "

They have also declared an uncle and a cousin of the young woman, who have ratified the version of the alleged assault, "which so far follows the planned script and there has been no novelty that leads to this popular accusation to vary its position ", explained Calvo.

Incomplete Declarations

The anecdote of the day has been led by failures in the computer system that have prevented the completion of the testimony provided by videoconference from Aranda de Duero, where five witnesses, three of them companions and friends of the minor and two police officers, waited to lend your statement The ruling has been recorded when one of the complainant's friends began her statement, so that the test not carried out on Monday, including the complete interrogation of the said witness, must be added to this day, a circumstance that could delay the celebration of the judicial process.

Among the witnesses scheduled for Tuesday is a fourth footballer from La Arandina , although the representative of the popular prosecution does not expect him to "clarify many things."

Along the same lines, the lawyer of the minor has shown her "satisfaction" at the statements made by the various witnesses, including a cousin and classmate who confirms that the former Arandina knew that she was 15 years old.

Provisionally, the Prosecutor's Office demands 40 years in prison for Raúl Calvo and 39 years for each of the other two defendants, while the defenses claim the acquittal and the association Clara Campoamor asks for 43 years and eight months in jail for each.

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