A man identified as GH He was arrested on Saturday at the Flores station of the Sarmiento train after groping a passenger that she was traveling alone in one of the formations. Sequence was recorded by the security cameras of the formation that show the moment when the accused passes his hand over the leg of the woman who reacts by slapping him. Finally, the man was arrested by the Gendarmerie and a case for simple sexual abuse was started.
The fact happened a few minutes before 6 a.m. on Saturday when the Sarmiento formation was passing between the Floresta and Flores stations bound for Once. In the images of the security cameras it is observed how a bald man passes in front of the woman who was sitting against the window, identifies her and then retraces his steps to sit next to her.
After a few minutes you can see how GH passes his hands over the woman’s legs and touches her private parts until the passenger reacts with a slap. After a brief discussion of a few seconds in which the man shouted phrases like “You’re sick, how am I going to touch you”, try descended from the formation but was held by other passengers until he was detained by National Gendarmerie personnel.
The man was taken to the Sarmiento Division of the Federal Police, with jurisdiction in the railroad, where he was under arrest. The woman was accompanied to the prosecutor on duty where she made the complaint that led to the formation of a case for simple sexual abuse that processed in Court N ° 31
GH is not a first-timer to crime. Have various antecedents for similar events as recorded in the records that the Justice reviewed.
Although he was detained in the early hours of Monday, sources consulted by Infobae they take for sure that the accused would be released in the next few hours.
Statistics used by the City Government ensure that 100% of women who travel by public transport have suffered sexual harassment at some point in their lives. The data from the study “She moves safely” indicate that 70% received comments about their appearance, 37% a man showed their private parts, 3 out of 10 they were touched with sexual intent on public roads, 9 out of 10 women suffered 2 or more situations of harassment in public transport.
On the other hand, a study carried out throughout the province of Buenos Aires indicates that the percentage of women who come to report this type of situation is minimal. Only 5% go to a police station to tell what they suffered.
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