Judge orders Dustin Release from Prison

24 September 2016

Criminal Judge of Lima, Lorena Alessi ordered the release of US citizen Dustin William Kent who was accused of kidnapping his youngest daughter Adrianna five years in San Borja in February and ordered his ban from leaving the country until the investigation into child abduction is complete.

Judge of the 10th Criminal Court of Lima ordered the release of the American, after changing the type of criminal offense of aggravated kidnapping to child abduction, after determining that he is her father and has full custody of his daughter since April 24 2015, by the Court of California of the United States.

Therefore, the judge stated that Dustin Kent did not commit the crime of aggravated kidnapping and ordered the release of his friend the British Kevin Critchley also imprisoned in the maximum security prison Miguel Castro Castro.

Criminal Judge of Lima, he varied the custody for conditional appearance with rules of conduct, ordered the prohibition to leave the country and pay a thousand soles for bail in order to not shun away from justice and that must be paid within 15 days.

Another of the rules of conduct they must meet is not to change their address without prior notice of the judge, promptly attend all the summonses to be made in this process, not leave the territory of the Republic without notice of the court and attend biometric registration every 30 days in order to give for their activities.

Dustin Kent’s lawyer, Sandro Monteblanco Marquez requested the release of his client claiming that a person can only remain in prison when the sentence is more than 4 years and the crime of abduction is a penalty of two years imprisonment.

Also, the head of the 10th Criminal Court of Lima changed the charge, because the prosecution did not present enough evidence to accuse the US citizen for the crime of aggravated kidnapping.

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