- The girl was taken to the hospital because she was suffering from stomach pains.
- The man was arrested on Monday after hospital staff alerted police.
A ten-year-old girl in Mallorca became pregnant after her stepfather allegedly raped her while her mother was at work.
The disturbing revelation was made when the girl began to suffer from belly pain, which led her mother to take her to the Son Llatzer hospital in Palma, the island’s capital.
Doctors initially discovered several bruises and injuries that suggested the girl had been sexually abused before learning she was also several weeks pregnant.
According to local reports, due to the severity of the girl’s injuries, she was transferred to Son Espases hospital and operated on.
Her mother informed hospital staff that the only person who had cared for the girl was her current partner.
In the photo: Son Espases hospital in Mallorca. A 10-year-old girl was taken to hospital with belly pain but doctors were shocked to discover she was several weeks pregnant.
Police arrested the girl’s 35-year-old stepfather, who raped her and impregnated her while the girl’s mother was at work.
Police were called and the 35-year-old Spaniard was arrested on Monday.
He appeared in court on Wednesday and told the judge: “I’m very sorry for what I’ve done, but it was just one time.”
But according to Last minute, The girl told police that her stepfather had abused her over the course of a month.
The man also reportedly admitted to police that he had sexually abused his stepdaughter while her mother was at work.
It comes just months after a Spanish court acquitted a man who raped a 12-year-old girl and impregnated her after ruling his relationships were just a part of Romani culture.
In May, the court in Ciudad Real, in central Spain, took into account the sociocultural context of the Roma ethnic group to reduce the sentence for sexual assault and abuse of a minor by a 20-year-old man.
This resulted in the perpetrator, who left his underage victim pregnant with twins, being acquitted.
The girl was first discovered to be pregnant after an examination by a doctor, who alerted authorities, leading to the man’s arrest.
Prosecutors had asked for an 11-year sentence, but the court ruled acquittal.
The age of consent in Spain is 16 years, meaning that anyone younger cannot consent to sex. However, the court ruled that the man should benefit from the legal exception.