A 12-year-old disabled girl was allegedly gang raped by at least 8 boys at her school in Spain in May. It was revealed, however, that an investigation would not be conducted and the rapists will not be held liable because they are under the age of 14, even though a forensics team was able to confirm the girl had been penetrated.
A police report filed by the unnamed girl's family stated that the incident occurred in the girls' bathroom of a Penaflor, Seville school where their child was "removed from the sight of students and teachers and taken to the girls' bathroom" during a break, per Daily Mail. In an interview with local Spanish television program "Y Ahora Sonsoles," the girl's grandmother said the victim told her "They grabbed my hands and they opened my legs and they made love to me" to which her grandmother responded, "No my dear, that's not making love."
The grandmother said that the disabled girl's family began noticing something was off when she did not want to eat, sleep, or go to school. The child would pull her own hair and throw herself on the ground in distress. She then opened up to her grandmother about the incident. Her grandmother then took her to a hospital to be examined. A forensic medical team found the child had in fact been penetrated, according to the grandmother.
The alleged perpetrators, however, will not face consequences because they are all aged 12 and 13 years old. Spanish Juvenile Law indicates a rapist under the age of 14 will not be held liable and the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office cannot carry out any sort of investigation. The case has therefore been transferred to Child Protection Services as a result, the Daily Mail reports, much to the dismay of the Spanish public.
Andalusia's Councillor for Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality, Loles Lopez, stated last week in a press conference that the Andalusian government is in communication with the prosecutor's office regarding the case.
"From now on what we are going to do is put in place all the mechanisms for the protection of the girl, obviously, to fund the origin of this conduct, and based on that, adopt the appropriate measures," she said.
A police report filed by the unnamed girl's family stated that the incident occurred in the girls' bathroom of a Penaflor, Seville school where their child was "removed from the sight of students and teachers and taken to the girls' bathroom" during a break, per Daily Mail. In an interview with local Spanish television program "Y Ahora Sonsoles," the girl's grandmother said the victim told her "They grabbed my hands and they opened my legs and they made love to me" to which her grandmother responded, "No my dear, that's not making love."
The grandmother said that the disabled girl's family began noticing something was off when she did not want to eat, sleep, or go to school. The child would pull her own hair and throw herself on the ground in distress. She then opened up to her grandmother about the incident. Her grandmother then took her to a hospital to be examined. A forensic medical team found the child had in fact been penetrated, according to the grandmother.
The alleged perpetrators, however, will not face consequences because they are all aged 12 and 13 years old. Spanish Juvenile Law indicates a rapist under the age of 14 will not be held liable and the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office cannot carry out any sort of investigation. The case has therefore been transferred to Child Protection Services as a result, the Daily Mail reports, much to the dismay of the Spanish public.
Andalusia's Councillor for Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality, Loles Lopez, stated last week in a press conference that the Andalusian government is in communication with the prosecutor's office regarding the case.
"From now on what we are going to do is put in place all the mechanisms for the protection of the girl, obviously, to fund the origin of this conduct, and based on that, adopt the appropriate measures," she said.
