Trial of La Manada de Manresa for raping a 14-year-old girl

The 14-year-old girl who suffered a multiple rape in Manresa, Barcelona, has presented episodes of anxiety-depressive disorder as a result of the social rejection she feels in the environment that surrounds her. Despite the fact that the law is providing all the guarantees of protection to the minor, the psychologists who treat her assure that her psychological state is depressing and she has a great risk of mental collapse, although it was recently said that the victim did not suffer from post-traumatic stress.

During this Thursday, July 4, the seven people accused of raping the minor in turns were formally accused, presenting medical and psychological tests applied to the victim. The report details how after 20 sessions the girl is still afraid and believes that "they will not believe me" because of the act committed by the alleged rapists.

However, the report of the gynecological examination is not conclusive, because the girl came three days after October 29, 2016, without presenting a vaginal injury, although the report states that six penetrations may not leave any trace.

The Prosecutor's Office accuses six of the defendants of a crime of continued sexual abuse -a seventh is accused of masturbating while witnessing the rape, without preventing it-, for which it asks for sentences of between ten and twelve years in prison, although it does not rule out raising it to sexual assault if it appears from the young woman's statement that she was subjected to violence or intimidation. I inform the Spanish press.

The Prosecutor's Office also seeks the maximum penalty for the first man who raped the minor and who also motivated his companions to continue with the act. But this man defends himself with the argument that the 14-year-old girl made a pass at him to have sex with the adult. Precisely, in the clothes of the minor fluid was found from one of those indicated, who has been in preventive detention.

Meanwhile, the defendants continue to plead not guilty for raping a minor in Manresa in 2016, which I call "La Manada de Manresa" and has unleashed multiple marches against this act.

During the trial, moments of tension were experienced when one of the minor's uncles tried to attack the defendants, being arrested by Los Mossos so as not to allow the mishap to go further.

Although the trial was suspended, since a lawyer requested leave for the death of her mother, the victim will testify next Monday against the accused. The Prosecutor's Office hopes to accuse the alleged rapists and request a sentence of between 10 and 12 years in prison for each of the 6 participants in the rape. Meanwhile, he will request a fine from the seventh person who was masturbating while the alleged rapists attacked the girl and did not take any action to stop the aggression.

While the Manada de Manresa comes to trial, activists continue to protest this heinous act of rape.