The Public Prosecutor's Office requests four years in prison for a man accused of trying to take a seven-year-old child in plain public view in Lleida. The trial is scheduled for next April 30 at the Lleida Court, where the defendant will sit on the bench for an alleged crime of illegal detention in the degree of attempt.
The events date back to the afternoon of February 9, 2024, on the footbridge that crosses the tracks of the city's train station. There, always according to the indictment, the man approached a minor who was walking with his parents, grabbed him from behind, and ran off with the child in his arms in the opposite direction to the family.
The intervention of several passers-by frustrated the escape
The sequence lasted just a few moments. A group of people who were in the area noticed what was happening and blocked the accused's path. That intervention prevented him from leaving with the minor. At that moment, the man released the child and tried to escape from the place.
The investigated was detained shortly after. The case that will now go to trial attributes to the accused an attempted illegal detention for these events occurred in a very busy point of the surroundings of the railway station of Lleida.
Hearing scheduled at the Provincial Court of Lleida
The Lleida Court will hold the hearing at the end of this month. It will be then when the facts and the criminal responsibility of the accused, who maintains the presumption of innocence until there is a firm sentence, are examined. The Prosecutor's Office maintains that he tried to take the minor against the will of his family, although the immediate action of several passers-by prevented the action from being consummated.