{"id":5590,"date":"2026-06-15T15:49:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ex-premier-league-striker-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison-over-violent-sexual-assault\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:49:31","slug":"ex-premier-league-striker-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison-over-violent-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ex-premier-league-striker-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison-over-violent-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Premier League striker sentenced to eight years in prison over violent sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_2811f9\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The Spanish striker who played for Wolves and Nottingham Forest learned his fate in court on Monday, following his initial arrest in September 2024<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37299254\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rafa Mir\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37299254.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_GettyImages-2273580956.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37299254.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_GettyImages-2273580956.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37299254.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_GettyImages-2273580956.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37299254.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_GettyImages-2273580956.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Rafa Mir has been found guilty of committing sexual assault \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Rafa Mir has been found guilty of committing sexual assault <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Former <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Wolves<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/nottingham-forest-fc\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Nottingham Forest <\/a>striker Rafa Mir has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison after being found guilty of violent sexual assault and assault causing injury. The Provincial Court of Justice in Valencia confirmed his fate on Monday, following his initial arrest in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mir had protested his innocence during a hearing at the end of May, with public prosecutors pushing for a ten\u2011and\u2011a\u2011half\u2011year term. The alleged offences took place in the early hours of September 1, 2024 with Mir meeting the victim hours earlier at a nightclub before taking her to his residence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghampost.com\/news\/nottingham-news\/former-nottingham-forest-striker-rafa-10852596\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">In their pre\u2011trial indictment, prosecutors alleged<\/a> he &#8216;lifted her up in his arms and threw her into the pool with her clothes on&#8217; before &#8216;grabbing her tightly and, with the intention of satisfying his lustful desires, began kissing her face and neck.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The second assault is said to have occurred after the woman fled his house and phoned her father to collect her, only to realise she had left her handbag inside and returned to retrieve it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The victim told the court: \u201cHe took me into the bathroom and locked the door. He started doing the same thing to me he had done at the swimming pool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s when I started crying and telling him to stop, that I wanted to leave. He didn\u2019t stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mir, 28, was first charged last October following a lengthy investigation triggered by his<a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/breaking-rafa-mir-arrested-valencia-33590667\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> arrest in September 2024<\/a>, when an examining judge ruled there was sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial. Mir has also been ordered to pay more than \u00a355,000 in damages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Court officials said at the time that he had been indicted for &#8220;sexual assault with penetration involving the use of violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37299222\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37299222\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rafa Mir\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37299222.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2278577750.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37299222.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_GettyImages-2278577750.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37299222.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_GettyImages-2278577750.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37299222.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2278577750.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"&#10;Rafa Mir in court alongside Pablo Jara\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">\nRafa Mir in court alongside Pablo Jara<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesman for the force in Valencia said at the time of his arrest: &#8220;We can confirm a LaLiga footballer has been arrested over an alleged sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">JOIN US ON FACEBOOK!<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mirrorfootball\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><u>Latest news, analysis and much more on Mirror Football&#8217;s Facebook page<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;No-one else has been arrested at the moment but that may change later. The man who has been detained is currently in police custody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Footballer Pablo Jara, was also arrested and charged over a separate sexual assault on a female friend of the unnamed victim. He was tried on Monday and received a two\u2011and\u2011a\u2011half\u2011year sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mir spent three years in the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/premier-league\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Premier League<\/a> after joining <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Wolves<\/a> in January 2018, though he made only four appearances for the club &#8211; none in the top flight &#8211; before heading out on a series of loan spells.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He featured 13 times for <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/nottingham-forest-fc\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> during the 2019\/20 campaign. 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