"I take you by the neck and give you two hosts," Miguel López, the only one accused of the crime of his mother-in-law, María del Carmen Martínez, widow of the former president of Caja Mediterráneo (CAM), snapped at his son when he learned that he had hung up a selfie with the phrase 'checkmate', shortly after his grandmother died.

This has been heard by the six women and three men of the jury in the sixteenth session of the trial that is followed in the Provincial Court of Alicante for the murder of Martínez, where Miguel López, one of the three sons-in-law of the victim, is the only accused .

This is a call from December 12, 2016 (three days after the crime) of López's little daughter and wife, Eva Fuensanta Sala Martínez , known as Fanny , to her son, Miguel, who was currently studying in the United States, and in the conversation you can clearly hear comments from the defendant to the latter.

Fanny informs his son that he has just "learned" of "the photo you put the other day" on Instagram, a 'selfie' with the legend 'Checkmate' that he removed shortly after hanging it, and comments that it is a "asshole" because, remember in a hurt tone to his son, "it was my mother, Miguel, your grandmother . "

Fanny continues that this act demonstrates that he is "an immature: you continue to prove it" , and at this moment the recriminations of the father and the only accused are heard to be heard by his son: "I take you by the neck and give you two hosts . "

After hearing several times from his mother asking him to "mature, son" , the telephone conversation ends with a "voucher" in apology from the son of Fanny and Miguel López.

The testimonies of two policemen have been heard and other telephone conversations 'punctured' by the National Police in the hours and days following the crime have been reproduced in the sixteenth session of a trial, which is scheduled to conclude tomorrow with the reports of the parties .

A day later, on the 7th, the object of the verdict will be delivered to the jurors for deliberation, which will take place from that moment on in the usual situation of solitary confinement.

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