Spanish justice admits for the first time that Mario Biondo may have been murdered.

BarcelonaSince his body was found hanging in an apparent sexual act of self-asphyxiation, the death of Telecinco cameraman Mario Biondo had been ruled a suicide. However, the case has taken a turn with the decision of the Madrid Court, which has raised the possibility that the husband of presenter Raquel Sánchez Silva was murdered. According to a court document published by The Newspaper, "For the first time, a complaint is filed against certain individuals, with extensive expert evidence [...] which appears to suggest that Biondo's death was not a suicide." However, the judges who signed it point out that there is no appeal because the crime has already been tried.

The case dates back to May 2013, when the cameraman's lifeless body was found. Since then, his parents have fought—in court and on television sets—to prove that their son was murdered, and that he did not die as a result of an accident or suicide. In their statements, they were openly hostile toward Sánchez Silva, and although they did not directly accuse him of participating in his death, they do assert that he is withholding information and that he had indirect involvement, which they do not detail.

The Court's brief also points to errors on the part of the investigation. "At the time the body was discovered, immediately after the events, investigative activities should have been carried out (environmental and telephone intercepts, record acquisitions) that were not carried out and that, given the time that has passed, could not have been carried out by the Italian judicial authorities."

According to the family's law firm, an appeal has been filed with the Constitutional Court and another is being prepared for the European Court of Human Rights, with the aim of reopening the case. They are also working on a claim for financial liability against the administration of justice for malpractice. The family always relied more on the Italian justice system, which tended to validate the murder theory, while the Spanish justice system dismissed the case because it saw no evidence of criminality.