Spanish prosecutors are seeking to put a paedophile who raped a vulnerable 12-year-old girl behind bars for 107 years.
The paedophile, a 45-year-old man who has only been identified as ‘TLM’, has already been found guilty of attacking the young girl, described as a child in the care system who suffered ‘low self-esteem’ caused by ‘bullying at school and at home.’
In 2020, TLM began messaging the victim through the Badoo messaging app, before moving on to Instagram and Google Hangouts.
He began raping her at the care home she was in, whose care she was put under due to having a mother too unwell to take care of her, and took several indecent photos and videos of the girl with the intentions of sharing them online.
During his sick visits, TLM would show her pornographic films ‘so the minor could watch them and loosen her inhibitions’ and ‘forced her to have sex,’ according to the indictment.
He also convinced her to be photographed and recorded in her underwear, naked, or submitting to the sexual practices he imposed on her.
In November 2020, TLM took his assaults a step further, and began impersonating her on Instagram and European dating app Lovoo ‘in order not only to achieve sexual relations with her himself, but also to simultaneously watch other men having sexual relations with the minor in his presence, in order to further satisfy his lustful desire’, prosecutors said.
As a result of his ‘indiscriminate offering’ of her to online users, TLM took at least 20 videos of the girl being raped by himself or other men.
Exterior view of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia, where the case is being heard (File image)
Following a raid on his home, cops found 232 photographs and nine videos of the child, as well as a further 576 videos and 889 digital photographs downloaded from illicit messaging platforms containing child abuse content on his phone.
Similar material was found on TLM’s laptop, as well as several hard drives.
On top of seeking more than a century of jail time for the sick paedophile, prosecutors are also asking the Barcelona Court of Appeals, based in the High Court of Justice of Catalonia, to place a 25-year ban on him being within the child’s home, school or workplace.
On top of this, they are seeking for the man to be banned from any profession that requires him to be regular contact with children, as well as €100,000 (£84,000) in compensation for the child.
