The Judicial Police, through the Lisbon Board and Tagus Valley, have identified and arrested a man, aged 55 years and a woman aged 44 years for committing sexual abuse against a child.

The investigation found that the victim, a girl now aged 13, had in recent months, been sexually abused by the male detainee. This had the compliancy of the victim’s mother who allowed the abuse to take place repeatedly at her residence located in the district of Lisbon.

The victim is the bearer of mild cognitive impairment and also has great mobility limitations. The detainees were present at the first judicial interrogation, having with an application that they are placed under preventive detention.