Minor rapist on cruise, he was released for sailing in international waters – 14/04/2019

Spanish police arrested a young Italian national last Thursday in Valencia the rape of a British teenager aboard a Panamanian flag cruiser that occurred, according to the testimony of the victim, when the pbadenger ship crossed the waters of the Mediterranean, halfway between Mallorca and ValenciaSo it was in international waters.

The legal gibberish that generated the case, repealed the Spanish law of universal justice which would have allowed the continuation of the case in Spain, caused the defendant was released without charge after crossing the courtyard. The question now is who should investigate and try the suspect.

The events occurred when the ship completed the journey Palma de Mallorca – Valencia, as part of a cruise across the western Mediterranean. In the early morning, while the boat was halfway between the two cities, the detainee He approached the girl and forced her into her cabin, where he raped her.. According to the story of the victim and the verification of the doctors, he is badual badault and not to abuse, since He practiced violence and intimidation against the 17-year-old girl who was traveling on the boat with her parents.

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When it touches the land, the master of the ship, in accordance with the company's protocol for such cases, has notified the port authority that one of the pbadengers, minor, had been raped by another travelerthat they had perfectly identified but not retained.

The port authority alerted the national police and the guard court which opened the investigation ashore. The girl was taken to the police station in the port of Valencia to formalize the complaint, while officers from the Family and Women Unit (UFAM) went there to take charge of the case. National Police specialists accompanied the girl to La Fe Hospital, where He was examined by the coroner.

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Subsequently, the coroner and the scientific police went on the cruise and, with the express authorization of the master, the only one to have the legal capacity on the ship. (For all intents and purposes, this is the Panamanian territory, it is the flag of the ship) They inspected the cabin, where they took biological samples. In addition, they took the girl's clothes and samples taken by the medical staff of the cruise. applied the protocol of badual badault to perfection, theor which guarantees the legality of the collection of evidence and their subsequent use in connection with a judicial inquiry.

Although it is an offense committed by one alien on another (even if they are still citizens of the Union), in foreign territory and in international waters, the judge posted in Valencia played a role in the day of the owner court of instruction 15 of Valencia, could have jurisdiction to know the facts in relation to a minor. However, a second condition had to be fulfilled: that the author had his domicile in Spain. Given this possibility, the court ordered the police to arrest the suspect and verify the possible connection with the Spanish territory.

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The alleged rapist, unaware of the complaint and the investigation that was already weighing on him, Like most travelers, he had left the cruise to go to Valecia. The police guarded the ship and, when he returned to continue the journey, he was arrested.

After his arrest, the officers needed several hours to prepare the report and check, at the request of the judge, whether or not he had an address in Spain. For when could they contrast this had no connection with the Spanish territory, which left the judge without jurisdiction, the cruiser had already sailed without him.

In fact, the ship left the port of Valencia and continued its journey to Marseille with the other pbadengers on board, including the victim and his family.

The detainee was handed over to the detention court late Thursday afternoon and the magistrate could not stay idle. let it go for lack of jurisdiction over what happened.

In any event, the biological evidence and the victim's clothing collected by the coroner aboard the vessel were handed over to the Valencia Institute of Forensic Medicine. the case is always open while the samples are processed can compare them with the DNA of the detainee taken by the national police. Even like that, There is no legal loophole to judge this badual badault in Valencia.

Levante daily.

GML