We read in the ARA newspaper that members of the so-called Castelldefels "lopada" (I translate this as "pack") have reached plea agreements with the Prosecutor's Office. It says that "the mitigating circumstance of late confession has been taken into account, because the agreement implies that they admit to the attacks, as well as that they have already begun to deposit compensation to the victims and have shown remorse." This last part, in fact, was a requirement of the court, so, "after an initial round of speaking in which the five simply responded with monosyllables that they accepted the sentence," they were required to "demonstrate" this remorse, because, as it happens, they spontaneously didn't show it. Then one of them, who appears to be the group's mastermind, apologized "for any inconvenience" they "may have caused."

A plea deal has resolved the Castelldefels Manada trial before it began on Tuesday. The five defendants accepted a sentence imposing minimum sentences. While the initial request by the Prosecutor's Office had exposed them to between 28 and 53 years in prison each, the sentences they ultimately face range from 3 years and 11 months to 8 years and 5 months. Therefore, while the public prosecutor's request totaled 196 years for all defendants, the sentences, combined, are 32 years and seven months in prison for all five defendants. With the sentence accepted by the five defendants, they are convicted of the assaults and of belonging to a criminal group for committing crimes against sexual freedom.