BarcelonaThe popular jury has declared guilty of murder with cruelty and treachery the man tried in the Court of Barcelona for killing an elderly couple from the Catalan capital in 2019. In the trial held this week the accused had denied “roundly” the accusations. In fact, although he admitted that he met the couple when he worked as a salesman and sold them various products, the man claimed that he had learned about the crime from television. The People’s Court noted that the deceased were “in a medically fragile situation” and that the accused caused them “great suffering”. He has also found the man guilty of a continuing crime of fraud and one of theft and has indicated that he gained the trust of the couple in order to take their money.
This Saturday the jury announced its verdict with a unanimous conviction: the man murdered the two victims when they discovered that he had defrauded them. They have concluded that he stabbed them several times and that they bled to death from the wounds. The People’s Court pointed out that the defendant had “developed a plan” to kill them and thus prevent them from discovering that money had been transferred to their account, and that he even tried to take money from the grandparents when they were already dead , with your credit card. The man had also tried to buy burundanga, a drug that is used to nullify the will of victims and also affects memory.
The jury has placed the sentenced person at the residence of the deceased on August 16 – the date on which the crime would have been committed -, although it has acknowledged that no fingerprints or DNA of the accused were found in the apartment, nor the crime weapon And he pointed out that the victims could not do anything to foresee or avoid the attack due to the “fragility” situation in which they found themselves.
The prosecutor’s office and the private prosecution have maintained for the defendant the request for two permanent prison sentences that can be reviewed for each of the murders, with treason and cruelty. In addition, they have also insisted on demanding two years and seven months in prison for a continuing crime of fraud. As for the robbery, the prosecutor has opted to maintain the robbery with violence despite the fact that the jury did not consider it proven. In addition, he has insisted that the couple’s son be compensated with 300,000 euros and each of the two granddaughters with 100,000 euros for the damages and moral damages caused. The defense has reserved the right to appeal against the verdict.
