Fernando Torres Baena is charged with systematically abusing dozens of youngsters who attended his martial arts academy Fernando Torres Baena

Fernando Torres Baena is charged with systematically abusing dozens of youngsters who attended his martial arts academy Fernando Torres Baena 

The main accused in one of the biggest child sex scandals to have ever hit Spain, Fernando Torres Baena, is described as a ‘sexual predator’ by state prosecutors, who have asked that he be sentenced to 303 years in prison.

The so-called ‘karate case’ accuses Torres Baena, ex Spanish karate champion, of systematically abusing dozens of the youngsters who attended his martial arts academy in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria over a period of years. ‘Sexual orgies’ are also alleged at his home in Agüimes on the south of the island.

He is charged on 36 counts of sexual abuse, 13 of corruption of minors and illegal possession of weapons.

Until the scandal broke, Torres Baena was President of the Gran Canaria Karate Federation and research and development director for the Spanish Karate Federation.

Charged with him in the case are his girlfriend and two other martial arts instructors