CRIME OF HARASSMENT OR COATINGS IN PERSECUTIONS BETWEEN EX – COUPLES.

CRIME OF HARASSMENT OR COATINGS IN PERSECUTIONS BETWEEN EX – COUPLES. FOR THE FIRST TIME THE SUPREME COURT IS PRONUNCIATION ON THE CRIME OF STALKING OR HARASSMENTA woman complaint against his ex – partner for the crime of harassment because he called her for hours, threatened to commit suicide if she did not answer him and went to his house several times. The perpetrator was convicted of a crime of coercion in the family sphere the penalty of 16 days of work for the benefit of the community, the prohibition of approaching the victim to less than 300 meters for 6 months and the prohibition of carrying arms also for 8 months for four episodes that had Place with a short period of difference (10 days) and that caused the victim a fear although not being considered a crime of stalking because of its low intensity. The sentence was confirmed by the Plenum of the Supreme Court with the sentence dated May 8, 2017. In the Judgment the requirements are developed to be assessed the criminal type of stalking or harassment of article 172 ter of the Penal Code arguing that for it to be considered as this crime are needed some minimum requirements, namely: that surveillance, prosecution, Direct or indirect attacks against the person are persistent and repeated and involve a serious alteration in the development of daily life that would have to be prolonged for more than a month, with up to 10 intrusions in the life of the victim, although other experts believe that it should be prolonged Up to 6 months.