Under the procedural guidance of the Zolochiv district prosecutor’s office, a 38-year-old resident of Zolochiv region was notified of suspicion of rape of a person under the age of fourteen (Part 4, Article 152 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, in the period from 2014 to 2019, the suspect, living with his niece, repeatedly raped the child. Due to her age, the girl could not resist and was afraid to tell her relatives about her uncle’s actions.
After the girl’s mother was deprived of her parental rights, she was placed in an orphanage, where the girl dared to tell the law enforcement officers that she had been sexually abused in her home for years.
At the prosecutor’s request, the court chose the most severe preventive measure for the suspect – detention without bail.
The pre-trial investigation is carried out by the investigators of the Zolochiv Regional Police Department of the State Provincial Government in the Lviv region.
Note: in accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt is proven in a legal manner and established by a court verdict.
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Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office