Santander (EFE)
Marcelino Fernández Arnáiz, nicknamed the Pederast of Astillero and one of the sex offenders with the longest history of child abuse in Spain, sat on the bench again in March, 14 years after his last conviction.
He is a multi-repeat pedophile who has been in and out of prison for more than two decades for abusing minors, whom he often approaches in public places offering them sweets.
He has been arrested up to 21 times for child abuse, specifically in the years 1980, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2008.
In 2017, Fernández was released from prison after his last sentence for abusing a minor in Santander three days after leaving the Dueñas prison (Palencia), after serving five years for similar events.
In this new sentence, the court considers him the perpetrator of a crime of attempted sexual assault, with the concurrence of the aggravating circumstance of the criminal responsibility of recidivism, since he has been convicted on other occasions for crimes of the same nature.
In addition, it prohibits him from communicating with and approaching the minor for nine years, imposes a probation measure after leaving prison for five years and disqualifies him from professions or trades that involve contact with minors for nine years.
It also condemns him as the perpetrator of a minor offense of injury to the minor, and imposes a fine of 540 euros on him. In concept of civil responsibility, he must compensate the girl with 3,150 euros for injuries and moral damage.
Kick in the crotch and two pans
According to the sentence, the Shipyard Pederast was in the vicinity of the portal when the girl, who had just left, returned to pick up a frying pan that her grandmother had bought in a nearby establishment.
Taking advantage of the fact that the girl was entering the portal, the defendant entered after her in order to perform acts of a sexual nature on the minor, asking her her name and how old she was, telling her to go up together in the elevator.
“By refusing this, the defendant with both hands grabbed the minor tightly by both wrists; After asking the defendant to release her, the girl began to scream for help,” the sentence continues.
Then, the man released the girl to cover her mouth, “also pulling her hair, trying to take her to the dark area of the portal.”
To get away from her attacker, the girl kicked him in the crotch, at which point he punched the minor in the nose and mouth, throwing the minor’s glasses to the ground, defending herself by giving him a blow on the head with the frying pan he was carrying, which caused the defendant to slap him on the left cheek.
The girl once again hit him on the head with the frying pan, at which time the defendant fled the place without achieving his purpose, the sentence recounts.