The Oral Criminal Court (TOP) of San Fernando found Eduardo Macaya Zentilli guilty of two cases of repeated sexual abuse once morest minors, events that took place in the commune of Placilla.
The verdict was read out in secret, just like the trial she faced on June 13, in an effort to protect those affected.
The High Complexity Prosecutor’s Office of O’Higgins requests 12 years of prison for the father of Senator Javier Macaya (UDI). He had originally accused him of four cases of repeated sexual abuse in Placilla.
Specifically, he was found guilty of two crimes “committed once morest one of the victims on an undetermined date, but on the same day, when she was 8 or 9 years old,” and two others committed separately once morest a fourth victim, “between the months of April and May of the year 2022, and the second on an undetermined day between the weekend of April 6 and 9, 2023, or on an undetermined day from the last weekend of April to May 1 of the same year.”
At the same time, the court decided to acquit him in two cases: a crime “allegedly committed once morest one of the victims on an undetermined date, when she was 8 years old,” and another reported by “one of the victims on an undetermined date, between the months of June and July 2022, when she was 7 or 8 years old.”
Late last month, the trial continued with only two judges due to medical problems of one of the judges, but the unanimous ruling ruled out the possibility of the trial being declared null.
Preventive detention ruled out
Prosecutor Javiera Oro explained that they requested preventive detention for Macaya Zentilli since, in the case of repeated sexual abuse, “we understand that there is no right to any alternative sentence and the procedural circumstances of the accused have changed.”
However, the court declared the public prosecutor’s verbal request inadmissible, so they will file a written appeal.
In this way, Macaya remains under national protection, a ban on approaching the victims and total house arrest.
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