The detainee for the rape in Costanera Sur refused to testify and will remain detained

The detainee for the rape committed on Tuesday, May 9, on the Camino de los Alisos, in the Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve of the city of Buenos Aires, refused to testify and will remain in detention.” The accused made use of his constitutional right and refused to testify,” he confirmed to Telam A judicial source who participated in the investigation. This is Juan Marcelo Barrios Springer, who was arrested after an investigation by detectives of the Crimes Against Sexual Integrity Division of the City Police, by monitoring security cameras and from the call to 911 made by a witness, who accused him of intercepting a woman who was exercising, threatening her with a stone and moving her into the bushes where he abused her. The man watched as Springer fled, and his description matched that of the female complainant, who described him as having the following physical characteristics: “light eyes, thin physical build and wearing a blue vest.”Detainee Juan Marcelo Barrios Springer for “aggravated sexual abuse with carnal access” | Photo: Télam.Barrios was arrested for the crime of “aggravated sexual abuse with carnal access”, at the disposal of Judge María de los Ángeles Gómez Maiorano of the National Criminal and Correctional Court 38. While the investigation is carried out by the prosecutor Federico Iuspa.Regarding next measures, they anticipate that they could carry out a recognition wheel so that the woman can identify him. “We are going to wait for what the specialists who assist the woman tell us to see if she is in a position to do a diligence as a recognition. We don’t want to revictimize her,” they said. As for his personal belongings, the police confiscated jeans and other jogging style pants and three shirts of the River Plate club. This is because witnesses – who saw him later – pointed out that the abuser had “some red garment”. Before the crime the woman – whose identity is kept confidential to be protected – was transferred by the Emergency Medical Care System (SAME) “in shock” to the Argerich Hospital, where the usual protocol for this type of cases was practiced, giving containment and assistance to the victim.

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