'Ghost' workers, remote inspections and a bouncy castle without anchors that flew: the negligence that turned off Vera's smile at the fair

• Farewell Little Vera's family says goodbye with an emotional video: "I leave you my smile so it doesn't disappear"

Vera

had gone to the cinema for the first time in her life.

She had chosen to watch

, the Disney story of a family with amazing abilities that she ends up bonding even more with the little girl, Mirabel.

That 's what

and

think that her daughter has achieved from the stars.

Although they don't let her smile disappear, it faded just a few hours after leaving that theater.

One year ago today, on January 4 at 8:10 p.m., a gust of wind that exceeded 70 km/h hit the Christmas Fair in

(Valencia) and blew up the

bouncy castle .

Nine minors were fired.

, 8 years old, died on the spot;

Vera, 4, five days after fighting in a hospital ICU.

The tragedy left many unknowns that the judicial investigation is transforming into alleged negligence, especially due to the determination that Vera's parents, firm in seeking the conviction of those they consider responsible for the death of their daughter, but also determined that the Administrations supervise and control an activity with too many shadows.

The Investigating Court number 4 of Mislata maintains

the owner of the attraction, Alejandro CS, and his father-in-law, head of the fair and former president of the Association of Fair Traders of Valencia, José Antonio M. -known as Toni, as accused of

-, as well as the engineer hired by the fairgrounds to certify safety.

The last accused has been the municipal technician who should have reviewed the entire installation, which will go before the judge next week.

The statements in court and the expert reports reveal a host of irregularities that, according to the accusation made by Vera's parents, go beyond the fact of not having interrupted the activity of the fair in the face of Aemet alerts of

that afternoon on January 4, 2022. In fact, they question the supervisory work that the

itself , governed with an absolute majority by the socialist

, should have exercised .

Few anchors and in poor condition

The first police investigations already found that the castle was not well anchored.

Witnesses present stated that he was attached with frayed ropes and straps to "a tree, a bench, and a lamppost" and not on all sides.

In fact, the showman and his engineer assured that the attraction was attached at six points, when the manufacturer recommends 30. This technician, hired by the businessmen to certify the installation, may not even have been in Mislata, since the geolocation of his phone indicates that in those days he was in

.

His version before the judge is that he left his cell phone at his home.

In the 114 pages of the judicial expert's report it is clear that this restraint was insufficient.

«If it had been, the canvas would have torn and deflated the castle as the canvas was the weakest element.

, six for each module, which is the minimum required.

It is not the only anomaly detected by the specialist and also reported to the Mislata City Council.

The Judicial Police investigates the inflatable the day after the accident. EFE

The location of the fair was not the one contemplated in the project presented in the consistory.

In it, the distribution appeared in the Plaza Mayor, within the urban area, when in reality it was set up in an open space, next to the Parque de la Canaleta, as is done in summer.

That left the attractions more exposed to the wind, especially the castle, which was not positioned sheltered from other facilities.

In addition, the fair was set up on December 3 without requesting an activity license.

The consistory did grant the

, which, according to a document provided at the request of the judge, "authorizes and regulates the performance of the action."

For Vera's mother it is not enough: "The Mislata City Council must explain itself and assume its responsibility."

Without workers and without discharge

did last December

, preventing the defendants from opening their attractions for a week when detecting expired fire extinguishers, insufficient safety distances and insurance without updating

And it is that their activity as fairgrounds, with which they continue, is under suspicion.

El Terremoto

, despite declaring that it hires fairs with town halls and that the Mislata fair was agreed with the councilor for Fiestas,

-for whom the accusations have requested the indictment-,

in Social Security since 2013. Then, according to what he told the judge, he lost everything due to the crisis.

In addition, his son-in-law

between June 2021 and January 31, 2022, despite the fact that 13 witnesses describe a young man as responsible for the inflatable and many others helping in the assembly.

According to the defendants, they do everything with family members and only occasionally have help, ghost workers for whom they could not provide data or location despite the interest of the judge.

For Vera's father, not everything was the fault of a fateful gust of wind: «He is not with us because of the greed, recklessness and lack of humanity of some guys with names and surnames.

The wind did the rest, stripping its miseries».

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