Madrid girl, 9, records father's abuse after court refuses to believe her
Friday, July 8, 2016 @ 7:33 PM
A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl whose abusive father was absolved as the court 'did not believe her' hid a recording device in her sock to prove her claims, forcing the case to be reopened.
The youngster, from Madrid, was seven when she first reported how her father would sexually abuse her, but no medical evidence was found to support her allegations as she had not actually been raped, and the court investigator did not believe her when she was interviewed.
As a result, the court threw the case out.
But just a few weeks later after spending 10 days at the house of her father - who is separated from her mother - the little girl went to the doctor to say it hurt to urinate, and had done 'ever since her father put his fingernail there'.
Tests showed an infection, and the doctor suspected she may be a victim of child abuse.
Police were called in several days later to deal with a heated discussion between the girl's parents, and the father was heard to say: "I'd rather see her dead than not see her at all, because this is unbearable."
The judge once again concluded that the man had said this in temper, that it did not 'denote any intention to cause harm to his daughter', but had 'probably been because of the stress of the trial'.
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