The Sección Cuarta of the Audiencia Provincial de Valencia on Monday sentenced Rafa Mir to eight years and six months in prison for sexual assault and injuries, the court communicated to the parties; the ruling is not yet final.
The judgment divides the term into seven years for sexual assault and 18 months for a separate offence of causing injuries. The court also ordered Mir to stay at least 500 metres away from the victim for ten years and set civil compensation at €14,000 for physical injuries plus €50,000 for moral damages — a combined €64,000. A second defendant, Pablo Jara, was convicted in the same proceeding and sentenced to two years in prison with damages fixed at €6,280.
The hearing in which the verdict was reached began on Thursday, May 28; prosecutors had sought nine years in prison for Mir. The case concerns events that, according to the record, followed a night that started in the Mya nightclub and ended in a chalet in the Torre en Conil urbanisation.
The most striking procedural friction in the record is that Mir rejected a pretrial offer from the public prosecutor. The Fiscalía had proposed that he acknowledge two counts of sexual assault and one of causing injuries in exchange for a sentence under two years and a reduction of the indemnification figure from €74,000 to €50,000; Mir declined that deal and the court imposed a substantially longer term.
The 21‑year‑old woman who testified in the trial described attempts to stop the contact. She told the court, "Le pedí que no, que tenía frío," and later testified, "Mir me empieza a hacer lo mismo que en la piscina; me altero, me pongo a llorar, me cuesta respirar, le digo que pare, que me deje, tenía miedo, volvió a besarme y a meterme los dedos." The court accepted that testimony as part of its findings.
Reactions to the verdict have been terse. Jaime Campaner summed up a courtroom posture with a three‑word remark: "Dato mata a relato." The sentence, with its custodial term, protective order and combined civil award, is the concrete outcome the court recorded.
What remains unresolved is whether either defendant will lodge an appeal. The sentence communicated on Monday is not final, and the available information does not confirm whether Rafa Mir or Pablo Jara will seek review. That question will decide the next phase of the case: whether the penalties take effect now or move into the appellate process.
