Menorca riding instructor faces pupil sex assault trial

Prosecutors are seeking 12 years in prison for a riding instructor accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old pupil on Menorca, in Spain’s Balearic Islands. He is due before the Second Section of the Balearic Islands Provincial Court at 11.30am on Tuesday. The allegations date to October 2020, when the accused was 49.

Prosecutors are also seeking €10,000 in compensation. They say the man used his position as her instructor to develop what appeared to be a romantic relationship. According to the indictment, they kissed in a room at the riding centre where saddles were kept. He then led the girl to believe they were a couple, prosecutors allege.

From then on, they met alone in that room three days a week for at least two hours at a time, the indictment says. Prosecutors allege that he repeatedly touched and sexually assaulted her there.

Topics: Court cases

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com