The Military Court of the Cabinda region sentenced, last Friday, the 15th, to four years in prison, a second-class police officer, an operative assigned to the Municipal Command of Cacongo, for the crimes of sexual abuse of a minor under 16 years of age, insubordination and unseemly conduct.
Elias Cawini, 39 years old, born in the municipality of Cuito Cuanavale, Cuando Cubango, was also sentenced to an additional sentence of expulsion from the National Police, under the terms of article 7 of paragraph 3 of the Military Crimes Law, and the payment of compensation in the amount of 300 thousand Kwanzas to the victim for the moral damage caused. The defendant was accused of being responsible for the crimes of insubordination, indecent conduct and attempted rape of a minor under the age of 16, practices punishable under the terms of the Penal Code and the Military Crimes Law in force in the country.
According to the records and the Public Prosecutor’s indictment, on the day of the events, Elias Cawini was assigned to the unit’s guard and garrison service and, when he was ordered by the day officer to surrender the picket line, he categorically rejected, and, He then left his place of service, the unit. Moments later, citizen Anacleta Lola, mother of the minor, appeared at the aforementioned National Police command to inform that she had sent her 16-year-old daughter to a cantina to buy chicuanga.
On the way to the canteen, he explained, the minor was approached by the defendant, in uniform and visibly drunk, grabbing the minor and she, using force, managed to free herself. Not satisfied, the defendant chased the minor and, for the second time, grabbed her with the intention of raping her. The minor cried out for help, thus attracting the attention of the people around, and, thanks to her determination and courage, sexual penetration was not possible. Around 6 pm on the same day, the accused returned, in person, to the unit, visibly drunk, and was immediately subjected to a blood alcohol test, which yielded a positive result of 3.6 grams per liter of alcohol in his blood.
The defendant is accused of being persistent in the practice of excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages. It weighed in favor of the defendant, according to the judge in the case, José Miguel Malungo, as mitigating circumstances to the provision of a relevant service to society, as employees with 21 years of service, coming from the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), and the presentation voluntarily to the authorities. The Public Prosecutor’s Office and the defense agree with the sentence handed down by the judge in the case and refrained from appealing the decision.
