A nurse was sentenced to 29 years and 4 months in prison in Ecuador for rape sedated patient Earlier on Tuesday, Ecuadorian prosecutors said there had been a previous hospital stay in the early morning hours before Christmas 2022.

In its verdict, the criminal court that considered this case also ordered Victor Hugo T.G. pay a fine of $479,700 and compensation to the victim 10 thousand dollarsThis is stated in a statement from the local prosecutor’s office.

The events took place in early morning December 25, 2022 at the Guasmo Sur General Hospital in the port city of Guayaquil, capital of the coastal province of Guayas.

The victim arrived at this center three days ago due to an accident at work and under the pretext of relieving her pain, The attacker put a 19-year-old girl to sleep by injection to complete the rape.

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However, the victim – half asleep and unconscious – I realized what happenedHe waited for the nurse to leave the room so he could text his cousin and tell her what happened, prosecutors said.

A member of his family filed a complaint with the prosecutor’s office, which demanded a police presence at the hospital where The doctors on duty had already been warned about the incident. the same patient who fully identified the attacker.

Agents arrested the rapist and brought him to justice.

At the trial, the prosecutor in the case presented as evidence testimony of nine people between the police and investigators, between the doctor and psychologist and the relative of the victim. In addition, the alleged testimony of the victim was reproduced.

To this were added the arrest report and the investigation report, a complaint filed with the prosecutor’s office, assessments of the psychological and social environment, a medico-legal and gynecological report, forensic genetic test, the use and extraction of information from the victim’s mobile phone and the crime scene identification protocol. (EFE)