Felipe Pettinato will go to trial, accused of sexually abusing a minor under 15 years old

Felipe Pettinato will go to trial, accused of “simple sexual abuse” towards a minor of 15 years, a crime that provides for a penalty of 6 months to 4 years in prison, according to the stipulations of article 119 of the Code Penal.De according to what was reported by Télam, the fact corresponds to March 8, 2018 at a home in Olivos (Vicente López party), when the complainant – whose identity and link to the young man are kept secret to preserve her identity – was a teenager.

The decision to raise it to trial was made by the judge of Guarantees 1 of San Isidro, Ricardo Costa, based on the request made by the prosecutor of the case, Lida Osores Soler, of the Functional Unit of Instruction (UFI) of Gender Violence of Vicente López. ” Felipe Pettinato’s lawyers argued that the criminal process should be suspended because of the internment of the accused and because there are elements to declare him unimputable,” journalist Mauro Szeta reported from his official Twitter account, while indicating that “both the prosecutor Lidia Osores Doler and the judge opposed it.” It then defines the Criminal Chamber of San Isidro.

Felipe Pettinato, will go to trial accused of sexual abuse towards a teenager | Source: Twitter @mauroszeta

Osores Soler said that “in any case, the question of imputability is reviewed in oral debate.” The causes facing Felipe Pettinato
Meanwhile, the 29-year-old has been involved in another criminal situation since May 16, when a fire broke out in the apartment where he lived, located on the 22nd floor of Aguilar Street 2390, in the neighborhood of Belgrano; and the charred body of neurologist Melchor Rodrigo, a friend of Pettinato, was found dead.

At the moment he was not charged since the national prosecutor in Criminal and Correctional 25, Martín Mainardi, awaits the results of a series of expert reports to determine if he will take that measure.

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