Los Olivos: The Ministry of Women’s Affairs condemned in the prosecutor’s office the case of inappropriate touching in a pharmacy

He Ministry of Women announced this Friday that it has filed an ex officio complaint with the State Department to investigate a subject who inappropriately touched a person in a pharmacy in Los Olivos. The incident was recorded by the institution’s surveillance cameras.

This attack took place last Wednesday evening at a building located at the intersection of Angelica Gamarra Avenue and Santa Sofia Street, five blocks from Universiteria Avenue. A woman is shopping at a pharmacy when the unsub appears, grabs her buttocks and runs away.

“We ask Police Act quickly to find the culprit. Also, if there are other victims, we urge them to contact the 100 line, ”the message said. Ministry of Women on his official Twitter account.

As set out in the Criminal Code, any person who commits “touching, acts of a sexual nature or libidinal acts without consent” can be punished by “imprisonment for a term not less than three and not more than six years.”

Neighbors of the site indicated RPP news This is not the first time they have been victims of this kind of sexually suggestive act. They also said they would post pictures of the subject’s face throughout the area to locate him and turn him over to police.

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Ana Jara and Rosario Sasieta, former ministers of women’s affairs, demanded that the subject who harassed a woman in a pharmacy be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Lawyer Rosario Sacieta pointed out that this act implies imprisonment and shows that such sexual assaults are still common in the country.

“It shows the insensitivity of the criminal responsible for this crime (…) and the sentence to imprisonment. There should be an exemplary sanction because we women should not have to go through this misfortune of not being able to even go to the pharmacy to shop,” he said.

For her part, attorney Ana Hara also indicated that subject would have an effective prison once detained.

“The criminal code punishes him with imprisonment (…) I am sure that any judge will be able to apply a real prison term to this sex offender who touches (…) Women in Peru have the right to a peaceful life, life, peace, free passage so that no one touches us without our consent,” he said.