The daughter sexually assaulted by her father in the middle of the street will now ask for prison time.

BarcelonaBoth the Prosecutor's Office and the legal representation of the young woman sexually assaulted in the street by her father in Lleida will request the 40-year-old man's imprisonment. According to ACN reports and confirmed by ARA, the prosecutor's request will be made this Wednesday once the detainee has been brought before a court. This Tuesday, the man was arrested for the second time after going to the victim's home and breaking the 200-meter restraining order imposed by the domestic violence court that released him.

On Tuesday, shortly after his arrest, the man's partner also reported to the Lleida Mossos d'Esquadra police station that she had allegedly suffered abuse some time ago by the arrested man, according to police sources confirmed to ARA. Now it is up to the judge to decide whether both the sexual assault with penetration of his daughter and the abuse complaint will be investigated in the same case or in two separate ones.

The detainee is accused of sexual assault with penetration. The incident occurred at 3:00 a.m. on Saturday outside the La Llotja convention center on Avenida Tortosa in Lleida. Neighbors called the Guardia Urbana (City Police) after seeing two people having sex in public. The police approached and identified the two involved.

Upon seeing both ID cards, the officers discovered they were father and daughter. The girl later explained to the police that her father was forcing her. According to sources consulted by ARA, both were drunk at the time of the assault. The local police referred the case to the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police), who will investigate. The detainee's son, the victim's brother, who was only eight years old, was also present in the area where the incident occurred.

According to sources consulted by ARA, the fact that, initially, neither the Prosecutor's Office nor the victim requested that the attacker be sent to prison was an important factor in the decision to release him, although the victim reportedly stated that it was not the first time her father had sexually assaulted her. The court released the man, but with precautionary measures: he could not come within 200 meters of the victim or communicate with her.