Sex abuse trial underway in Canyon County

 

A Boise man sat in a courtroom Tuesday and listened to the testimonies of two girls he is accused of sexually abusing. One of whom he is related to.

Gilberto Roman-Lopez is accused of inappropriately touching his female relative and her best friend numerous times for years, between 2005 and 2010.

The Idaho Press reports, prosecutors didn’t file charges until 2014, because both girls largely kept their stories to themselves until the fall of that year.

Roman-Lopez fled in 2014, but was arrested earlier this year near Denver on the Idaho warrant.

He faces three counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than 16 years old, and two counts of sexual abuse of a child younger than 16 years old.

The trial is expected to last several more days.

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