The Campdevànol resident found guilty of murdering his partner

BarcelonaGuilty. The jury has found the man accused of killing his partner in Campdevànol guilty of murder, sexual assault, and habitual abuse. The verdict was unanimous and rules out the possibility that Albert Pinto Pérez's incapacity was "nullified or severely impaired" by drug use at the time of the crime. It also rejects any of the mitigating circumstances requested by the defendant's defense and concludes that it was a murder with malice aforethought and cruelty, with aggravating circumstances of gender and kinship, while refusing to grant him any pardon. The prosecutor and the private prosecution request a life sentence subject to review for the murder and a further eighteen years for the other two crimes. murdered woman Her name was Anna and she was 21 years old.

Following the verdict, the presiding judge of the court will be in charge of issuing the guilty verdict against Pinto Pérez, who could be the first defendant sentenced to life imprisonment subject to review in the Girona Court. The jury has found him responsible for killing the woman by "repeatedly hitting" her all over the body, attacking her with punches and objects and burning her until, finally, he stabbed her "deeply" in the genitals. The crime occurred on the night of September 21, 2022, in the town of Campdevànol in Ripoll.

According to the verdict, the man acted treacherously, taking advantage of the fact that the victim had no chance to defend herself or call for help in the face of a "very violent" attack inside his home. The verdict also notes that, when carrying out the attack, the defendant acted with the aim of "increasing the suffering" of the victim and prolonging his agony: "He had a slow and painful death.". Therefore, they maintain that it was a murder caused by cruelty and treachery, reports the ACN.

The verdict has appreciated the aggravating factors of gender and kinship because it is considered proven that both had been in a relationship for approximately a year and a half and that the set of blows and especially the blow and the above all "humiliating, dominating and subjecting the victim" to his "domination" The jury has also declared it proven that he sexually assaulted the victim with an object and that, during the time of the relationship, he subjected her to habitual abuse. private, and describes the defendant as a "pathologically jealous" As a result of the toxic romantic relationship, the girl suffered a "very notable physical and mental degradation."

On the contrary, the jury failed to consider any of the mitigating circumstances alleged by the man's defense and asserted that his mental abilities were "perfectly preserved." Thus, they reject the version that Pinto suffered a psychotic episode at the time of the events as a result of drug and alcohol use, and that he was not affected by his history of multiple drug addiction. Finally, they conclude that the admission he made Wednesday afternoon at trial was not a decisive confession for the investigation. At this point, the jury stated that, throughout the proceedings, the defendant had fabricated several alibis and attempted to implicate a third person in the crime, which caused even more suffering to the victim's family. For all these reasons, the jury has requested that he be ineligible for any reduction in the sentence imposed or for any pardons.

After the verdict was read, prosecutor Enrique Barata and private prosecution attorney Jordi Coma maintained their request for a life sentence for murder and an additional eighteen years for sexual assault and habitual abuse. The defense, led by attorney Fernando Oriente, requested that the sentence not be given to "life" imprisonment.