Justice reform: Age of consent rises and Spain toughens up on crime
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 @ 6:40 PM
SPAIN is set to increase the minimum age for sexual consent from 13 to 15 – in line with many other European countries but still lower than recommended by the ministry of health, which advised raising it to age 16.
This is in a bid to fight sex crimes against children and was partly provoked by the death of a 13-year-old girl in a village in Albacete, who was shot by her 39-year-old boyfriend.
The girl's mother had been trying to get the police to take action against the boyfriend since he was 38 and she was 12, since the family disapproved of the relationship.
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