Although, according to the woman, the groping lasted from the age of 15 to the age of 20, the court only considered the period when she was younger than 16 years old. The sexual touches would become more frequent as her feminine curves developed. “It became a normal thing when I saw him. When I sometimes sat on his lap, he started at my knee. And then higher and higher towards my crotch. He kept rubbing and caressing. I did nothing,” says lawyer Plasman on behalf of the victim.
It was always just stroking and rubbing, she emphasizes. “They were brief moments, which happened so often that I don’t remember exactly when he did what. He put his hand under my bra and caressed my breast and nipple. When I was wearing a skirt, he caressed my buttocks, pushed my thong aside and put his hand on my crotch. He didn’t finger me, but he did caress my labia.”
‘Beautiful woman, with all the trimmings’
The public prosecutor says there is enough ‘supporting evidence’ to see the victim’s statement as credible and reliable. According to the Public Prosecution Service, this is evident from recorded conversations, witness statements and WhatsApp messages, in which he calls her, among other things, ‘a beautiful woman, with all the trimmings’ and a ‘nice woman’. The diary, in which the woman started writing about the assaults from the age of 16, also appears to be authentic after investigation.
“Everything shows that there was free, sexual morality in the family. The suspect said in his first statement that he found it exciting and his head was turned. The ‘mores of the family’ has been discussed a lot by the suspect. Perhaps questions are now being asked from the public about the role of the mother. But free, sexual morality is not a license to be with a 15-year-old girl,” the Public Prosecution Service responds.