He was released from prison a month ago and has returned to his old ways: the ex-convict with a high risk of reoffending has been arrested

BarcelonaJust one month after leaving prison, the man who left the Ponent penitentiary center with a high risk of reoffending has acted again. The Guardia Urbana of Lleida arrested him this Friday afternoon for attempting to rob a supermarket in the same capital of Segrià, according to sources consulted by ARA. The detainee allegedly drew a weapon — which everything suggests was a replica — and left the premises without managing to take anything. The police located him an hour later in another part of Lleida.

The man was released in mid-April and the prison had already warned that he was not rehabilitated. In fact, he has a long criminal record. He was known in the 80s for his robberies and has spent half his life behind bars. He served a sentence for killing two people, including an officer while fleeing a robbery, and also for shooting an ex-police officer who died months later. After five months of freedom, he returned to prison for a robbery, and in April regained his freedom. The workers who treated him in prison warned that they see a risk of him reoffending, among other reasons because he refused to follow any treatment program.

Specifically, the penitentiary center alerted the Lleida Prosecutor's Office that it saw a "significant risk of new criminal acts," according to sources from the Justice department consulted by ARA. For this reason, the public ministry asked the Mossos d'Esquadra to keep the man under their radar once he left prison.