A dramatic story has to come back to gentle within the courts of Barcelona, the place a girl will face trial subsequent Tuesday, April 9. The case entails genital mutilation.
The prosecution’s indictment reveals that the girl, whose age has not been disclosed, had a romantic relationship together with her boss for 4 years earlier than committing the act.
Nonetheless, what started as a standard dinner at a bar in Sant Andreu de la Barca on Could 31, 2021, led to a chilling assault. In the course of the encounter, the girl coated her companion’s eyes with a fabric, claiming to really feel embarrassed whereas performing fellatio.
That is when she took benefit of the second to perpetrate the assault, using a knife to rapidly amputate his genitals.
The story continues with the arrest of the accused, who claimed that she had been the sufferer of non-consensual sexual activity. Nonetheless, the prosecution has disregarded these claims and is searching for a 10-year jail sentence for the crime of genital mutilation.
Along with the jail sentence, a restraining order of 250 meters from the sufferer, projected for a decade, has been requested.
What does the legislation say?
In Spain, genital mutilation is a severe crime punishable by jail sentences of between 6 and 12 years, in response to Article 149 of the Penal Code. Spanish legislation doesn’t distinguish between:
- Whole or partial mutilation of the exterior genital organs.
- The apply is carried out for cultural, spiritual or another causes.
“Whoever causes to a different, by any means or process, the loss or uselessness of a predominant organ or member, or of a way, impotence, sterility, a severe deformity, or a severe somatic or psychic sickness, shall be punished with imprisonment of six to 12 years,” the BOE explains.
