Justice The Whatsapp of the cell phone of the accused of causing the suicide of a minor: "You are going to cry tears of blood before your parents"
A
popular jury
has declared this Wednesday by a guilty majority the accused of causing the suicide of a minor under 17 years of age in Vila-real (Castellón) in 2016 after harassing and blackmailing him through WhatsApp messages.
After the verdict of the jury, the prosecutor, who
provisionally requested 12 years in prison
for the accused, has raised the sentence request to 14 years when the jury considers that there is an
aggravating circumstance of superiority
.
For its part, the private prosecution has
demanded 15 years in prison
for the defendant, while the defense has asked that the minimum sentences be imposed and has announced the intention to
appeal the sentence
.
Both the public ministry and the private prosecution have requested the defendant's immediate entry into prison, since, as explained by the prosecutor,
there is a possible risk of escape
given the seriousness of the penalties that are going to be imposed.
The defense has opposed this request.
The members of the jury have considered that the police proceedings carried out were correct because the
chain of custody of the minor's cell phone
was maintained .
In addition, they have proven that the victim indicated to the accused on several occasions that he was a minor, apologized and warned him that
he was going to commit suicide
.
In spite of everything, according to the popular jury, the defendant
kept up his threats by pressuring the minor
.
The members of the jury have indicated that, after the WhatsApp messages with the minor, the accused was aware of the anguish that he was causing him.
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