Prison for men accused of sexual abuse in Ecuador #FVDigital

Guayaquil.- A court in Ecuador sentenced to 29 years and four months in prison a man accused of raping an eight-year-old girl, who was his neighbor at the time of the events, according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The case dates back to 2021, when the victim and her family came to live in a room located in the same property in which the now convicted person resides, identified as Francisco L. D., in the town of Sayausí, in the Andean provi…

In the last few days, the hearing was held to challenge the sentence for a case of domestic sexual abuse, which has J.C.M. convicted in the first instance. In this context, the human rights defender requested the acquittal of his assistant and that the sentence be reduced to three years in prison. Meanwhile, the prosecutor requested confirmation in all its terms of the sentence of first degree. According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the hu…