• Courts The Prosecutor's Office requests permanent imprisonment for an accused of murdering a minor after trying to rape her

It was one of the most sordid crimes remembered due to the impact caused in Vilanova i la Geltrú by the disappearance and the discovery of the body of the victim, a 13-year-old girl.

The Court of the Jury of the Audience of Barcelona began the trial against José Francisco LO accused of a crime of murder with treachery and sexual assault, for whom the Prosecutor's Office and the private prosecution, which represents the victim's family, requests a sentence of reviewable permanent prison.

They consider that the defendant kidnapped the granddaughter of his neighbors, aged 13, while going down the stairs of the building where they reside in Vilanova i la Geltrú on June 4, 2018. Her father was waiting for her downstairs, who when she did not arrive, began to mobilize the family to search for her in the locality for three hours.

The prosecution considers that the suspect kidnapped the minor while going down the stairs and took her into his house, taking advantage of the fact that her parents were not there.

There he raped her and later killed her by stabbing her several times with a knife.

Some relatives of the girl, who searched the building door to door asking questions, were suspicious of the defendant's attitude and entered his house, discovering the body under a mattress.

After his arrest, José Francisco LO, 42, explained that the minor entered his house and that he was very drugged, for which he mistook her for a thief and attacked her.

The defendant had recently returned to his parents' house in Vilanova since his mother was very ill, for years he resided in China.

The Prosecutor's Office considers that the defendant acted with the will to harm the minor, adopted of Chinese origin, "in order to satisfy a perverse sexual desire, and at the same time with the intention of ending the life" of the victim.

For this reason, after sexually assaulting her, he covered her mouth so she would not scream, "passed a dog walking leash around her neck" and stabbed her with a knife through different parts of her body.

That is why he asks for the accused a sentence of 10 years in prison for the crime of sexual assault on a minor under 16 years of age and permanent reviewable prison for another murder with treachery and cruelty in a context against sexual freedom.

He also demands that he compensate the victim's relatives with about 450,000 euros for the non-pecuniary damage caused.

The trial formally began last Friday with the selection of the jury and this Monday were the initial arguments of each of the parties as well as the testimony of several witnesses, including relatives and friends of the victim, while the rest of the week did so. The agents who participated in the investigation will do.

The defendant is expected to testify next week, before the final reports.

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