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Navarra court gives man five years and 11 months for abuse and sexual assault
The sentence follows an agreement between all sides and also includes community work, a restraining order, compensation and supervised release.
A Navarra court sentenced a man to five years and 11 months in prison for abuse, threats and sexual assault against his partner. The Second Section of the Audiencia de Navarra issued the sentence by agreement of the prosecutor, private prosecution and defence.
The ruling concerns violence against women in the Pamplona area from 2017 to December 2020. The court did not name the woman in its public notice.
Prison and other penalties
The court imposed five years for a continuing sexual assault offence. It added 11 months for habitual abuse. The man must also complete 35 days of community work for each of three other abuse offences.
A continuing threats offence brought a further 50 days of community work. The court barred him from contacting or going within 200 metres of the victim for 16 years. He must serve eight years of supervised release after prison.
Before trial, the man agreed to pay €30,000 towards civil liability. The court applied two mitigating factors to every offence: drug addiction and repair of the harm.
Agreement cut the term
Prosecutors had sought 38 years and seven months before the trial, which was set for 14 October. The deal between the prosecution, private prosecution and defence cut the prison term to five years and 11 months.
The three sides accepted the outcome. The trial did not proceed to a full hearing on the facts.
Court findings
The court said the relationship lasted from 2017 to December 2020. It found that the abuse began within months of the relationship and continued after it ended.
The ruling said the man used control, threats and physical abuse. It found that he limited his partner's contact with friends and tried to control what she wore.
The court said the victim suffered insults, blows, thrown objects and threats while they lived together. It also found a continuing offence of sexual assault.
The judgment said the pattern of control and threats carried on after the relationship ended. The court imposed the no-contact order and later supervision as part of the agreed sentence.
Spain's 016 service offers free, confidential help for violence against women.
Source: General Council of the Judiciary.
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