The Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office is asking for sentences that can reach 22 years depending on participation in the alleged rape.
Four young Portuguese men begin to stand trial this Wednesday, in Gijón, in northern Spain, for alleged rape of two young Spanish women, in a case that took place in July 2021.
Two young Spanish women accuse four young people, born in Braga and aged between 22 and 26, of assault and rape. They claim they were forced to have sex in a room in a guesthouse in Gijón, where the Portuguese spent their holidays. From the beginning, the .
Two of the four young people were held in pre-trial detention for two months, but were released on bail.
The Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office is asking for sentences that can reach 22 years depending on participation in the alleged rape.
Both the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the private prosecution also ask that the two girls be compensated for physical and moral damages by the accused, who were all under 30 years old in the summer of 2021.
As for the defense, he asks for the acquittal of the four Portuguese men, arguing that the sexual relations were all consensual.
The trial has, for now, .
