PALMA, 1 October 2026 — Before the Sección Segunda of the Audiencia Provincial de Baleares the trial began on 1 October 2026 trial of a man from Manacor began, who is accused by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of rape and assault on two consecutive days, 13 May 2018 and the 14 May 2018. The defendant denied the rape but said he had checked his then partner’s genitals to see whether she had been with other men after going out. He said he had been driven by suspicion after the woman left their children at home.
According to the prosecution, the offences took place in the couple’s shared home in Manacor. It is seeking a prison sentence of several years for a sexual offence in conjunction with assault, as well as protective measures for the injured party and civil damages. There is no final judgment; all allegations are considered unproven until a court has ruled.
The injured party told the court that she could remember only parts of the sequence of events. However, witness testimony supported key parts of the prosecution case. A relative of the defendant, who also knows the woman, said she had seen the man hit his partner; according to her, the woman was afraid of her ex-partner. An officer from the Guardia Civil, who arrived at the scene after an emergency call, described a ransacked home and distressed children. One of the children had shouted: “Stop hitting Mum.” The officer also said that the man had admitted to a mutual altercation.
The defendant maintained that there had been no forced sexual acts. His statement that he had “checked” or examined the woman’s genitals was, he said, an expression of jealousy-driven control, not an assault. The judges of the Sección Segunda continued hearing evidence from other witnesses and reviewing police documents.
The Audiencia Provincial de Baleares, based in Palma, regularly hears serious violence and sexual offence cases in its district. The current trial concerns only the alleged offences in Manacor in May 2018. Only the judgment will show whether, and in what form, the court considers the facts proven. Until then, the accounts given at the hearing should be understood as statements attributed to the parties, police observations or the prosecution’s position.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).