Man is sentenced to 52 years in prison for raping his daughter and stepdaughter in RO

A man was sentenced to 52 years in prison, in an initial closed regime, after the Rondônia Court of Justice (TJRO) reformed the sentence that had acquitted the defendant of charges of rape of a vulnerable person against two children in Jaru (RO). The convict is the father of one of the victims and stepfather of the other.

In the first decision, the defendant had been acquitted on the grounds of lack of evidence. The Public Prosecutor's Office appealed to the TJRO and maintained that the victims' reports, provided during the investigation, should be analyzed together with the other evidence gathered in the process.

In relation to the first victim, the judges considered the report given during the investigation and the testimony of the mother, who confirmed that she had become aware of the abuse. She also reported changes in her daughter's behavior, such as fear, crying spells and difficulty staying alone.