Julio de España Gets 1.5 Years in Prison for Sexual Assault

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A former Cortes president is serving a sentence for a sexual offense in Alicante. According to El Mundo, Julio de España was sentenced to one year and six months in prison for sexual assault. The case therefore reaches beyond people who follow political cases: at its center is an act the court deemed a criminal offense.

Your view of the case is shaped by an unusual combination: Julio de España was president of the Cortes and also a specialist in digestive medicine. According to the reporting, when he was with the patient, he did more than merely conduct a physical examination.

The Audiencia de Alicante classified the act as a criminal offense. This is therefore a definitive conviction connecting his political role and medical work in the same proceedings.

One Year and Six Months in Prison for Julio de España

The court in Alicante imposed a custodial sentence of 18 months on Julio de España. The source describes the conviction for sexual assault. The key figure for understanding the judgment is therefore clear: one and a half years in prison.

The available information provides no further details about the judgment, such as the exact form of the conviction, any possible appeals or further enforcement. The published report does, however, confirm the court, the defendant, the conviction for sexual assault and the length of the sentence.

The Act the Court Deemed a Criminal Offense

El Mundo reports that Julio de España worked as a gastroenterologist. The proceedings concerned an encounter with a female patient. According to the source, he told her to take a position with her face toward the wall and then palpated her genital area.

He told her to position herself “a cuatro patas, mirando a la pared” — on all fours, with her face toward the wall.

El Mundo explicitly describes the act in its headline as sexual assault and reports that the court deemed the act to be a criminal offense. According to the published account, the court therefore went beyond an ordinary or inappropriate breach of boundaries in medical practice.

Doctor, Politician and Patient in the Same Proceedings

The connection among the three roles makes the case require explanation. In the report, Julio de España appears not only as a politician but also as a doctor. According to the court’s account, he was responsible for an act involving the patient that was legally classified as a sexual offense.

For the political context, this means above all that the title of former Cortes president provides the public backdrop but did not determine the sentence. According to El Mundo, the decisive factor in the judgment was the specific act involving the patient.

What the Report Confirms — and What It Does Not Say

The report confirms a judgment by the Audiencia de Alicante, Julio de España’s conviction for sexual assault, a prison sentence of one and a half years and the physical act described. It also mentions the defendant’s medical qualifications and his former position as president of the Cortes.

The available reporting, however, does not provide the date of the judgment, the patient’s identity, further background details or the exact course of the proceedings. These points cannot be added from the available information. Those seeking to assess the severity of the case should therefore remain with the confirmed facts: the defendant was convicted for a sexual act involving a patient.

A Conviction With Two Professional Dimensions

The confirmed picture is clear: Julio de España encountered a patient in his capacity as a doctor, acted in her intimate sphere according to the court’s account and was consequently convicted of sexual assault. The 18-month prison sentence makes the legal judgment as tangible as the role he played in the proceedings as both a former politician and a medical professional.