The two men convicted of gang-raping a minor in the Valencian Community are escaping justice.
One of the men has already been arrested at the German-Austrian border.

ValenciaThe two men, aged between 24 and 26, recently sentenced to just 20 and 12 years in prison for gang-raping a 14-year-old girl in a town in the Valencian region of Valle de Albaida, have fled Spain. They were issued a European arrest warrant and an international search warrant. The State did not appear this Monday at a hearing scheduled by the court that tried them. It should be noted that the two men are Bulgarian nationals, a circumstance that could favor their residence in this country. The convicted individuals and an undetermined number of people, most of them men, were sentenced. As the sentence states, the minor consumed alcoholic beverages that affected her physical abilities and willpower. She was accompanied or taken to a place known as thewall, which is a secluded area, although not far from the party venue. There, the two convicted men had sexual relations with her simultaneously. The girl was unable to see them, but she did hear the attackers talking and heard other men attacking the minor or witnessed others doing so. These men could not be tried because they could not be identified. In fact, it is not known for sure how many there were, although it is estimated at around 15.
Two acquitted of abuse
Shortly after these events, and as the young woman was arriving at her grandmother's house, she received several messages from one of the two convicted men proposing a threesome. The minor went with him to an uninhabited house in the same town, where they met another man, who had been invited by the first man. The second man was acquitted because, according to the court, he had not previously met the victim or known her state of intoxication. Furthermore, he left after having sex with the girl. "He had no time to assess the victim's personal circumstances," the ruling states. On the contrary, the other attacker continued abusing her until seven in the morning.
In addition to one of the two men involved in the attack on the uninhabited house, the judges acquitted the fourth defendant because he allegedly only took the victim to her grandmother's house after the first episode of abuse. The court found no evidence that he had asked the minor to perform fellatio on him, as the charges claimed.
The court found the two fugitives guilty of one count of sexual abuse and sentenced them to 12 years in prison. They were also banned from communicating with the victim and from approaching within 200 meters for 16 years. One of them was also sentenced to eight years in prison for a second count of sexual abuse and was banned from communicating with or approaching the victim for another 10 years. Both will jointly and severally pay the girl €50,000 in compensation for the moral damages she suffered as a result of the assault.