DOB: 11/18/1941
Case Number: 2024 0143 CF
Putnam County Defendant Convicted of Capital Sexual Battery
PALATKA โ After a three-day trial and only 30 minutes of deliberation, a Putnam County jury found defendant Gilberto Del Castillo-Espana guilty as charged of Sexual Battery on person less than 12 years of age. Immediately following the verdict, he was sentenced to mandatory life in prison for the conviction.
โFor the child survivors of rape – they live with the uniquely personal and profound consequences of the past abuse,โ State Attorney R.J. Larizza said. โI wish we could erase the trauma from their consciousness, but the best we can do is hold the perpetrators accountable. Please keep the survivors of sexual assault in your thoughts and prayers.โ
The Putnam County Sheriffโs Office investigated the case. Assistant State Attorneys Deborah Rothenberg and Andy Rippeon successfully tried the case for the State of Florida. The Honorable Alicia Washington heard the case and imposed sentence.
For more information contact:
Haley Harrison |ย Public Information Officer | Office of State Attorney R.J. Larizza, Florida’s Seventh Judicial Circuit | SAOPIO@SAO7.org
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