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Small town, big hell . The old saying takes on all its meaning in Polop in the prolegomena of the murder of its mayor, Alejandro Ponsoda in October 2007, and also in the stage that came later and that lasts until today. In the trial that is followed by the crime it has become clear that in Polop there were problems and also the hell has been uncovered through which the daughters of Ponsoda transited, and transited . This week, in the courtroom and before the jury, two forensics have realized the sequels that accompany the two women, then very young girls, when their father was given two headshots at the door of his house .

After the death of Ponsoda, both got used to living in the trenches , so that one of the factions in which the town had been divided forgot that they were victims and made them designated. The summary, and they themselves have recognized it, affects that the environment of Juan Cano - the main accused of planning the crime to take over the Mayor's Office and at that time Councilor for Urban Planning - made their lives impossible.

Provocations, silences that said a lot and derogatory attitudes , according to the witnesses, turned them into squared victims.

In his reports, forensics were clear: Anger, suspicion and exaggerated distrust of other people . Thus, as the medical exams reflect, the two women continue to live, who continue to reside in Polop.

"They have psychic disorders and depressive disorders, so they carry sequels, " one of the coroners reported to the jury court. The two women were monitored since the crime and the analysis concluded in December 2010, three years after his father was murdered in cold blood. The day the two women gave a statement, they made it clear that, first their father, and then they suffered a "harassment" difficult to cope with .

One of them, the one that continues to work in the City Council, said that in 2016 Juan Cano approached his job and he insulted him saying: «Your father was killed because he was a fag» while he said he revealed aspects of his intimate life that have nothing to do with the circumstances of the crime.

In addition, they indicated that Cano psychologically harassed his father. In fact, one of them said that he subjected his father to a continuous "psychological pressure" on the Government meetings of the City Council, in which he insulted and vexed him with phrases such as "eat shit," "you're worthless," "You are only worth to go to Mass ," "your daughters don't love you," or "the people don't love you."

The process against Juan Cano and the other six men who sit on the bench to plan and execute the death of Ponsoda has entered its final phase. After two weeks of intense trial, this Monday Judge Cristina Costa will deliver to the jurors the object of the verdict to deliberate whether or not the defendants had responsibility for the murder of the mayor of Polop.

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