Prosecutor seeks one year jail for tenants of ‘kick the door’ case in Madrid

This is one of three ‘knock-in-the-door’ cases, which occurred on 9 December 2020 on Pan y Toros street in the capital and are being investigated in Madrid courts. twelve agents went to an apartment because neighbors reported hearing a woman’s screams and a child’s screamsand broke into a house despite the resistance of the inhabitants.

The case began as a result of a police report of the alleged offense of resistance or disobedience committed by the residents. The tenants’ lawyer then filed a complaint with the police officers. possible break-in.

Last May, the head of the Order Court No. 4 in Madrid decided and offered to file a lawsuit against the agents. judging residents for resistance or disobedienceand also two for a minor injury charge.

The Prosecutor’s Office now claims that that day, around 5:30 am, several agents came to the apartment after receiving a call that there was a screaming woman and a crying child inside the house in question.

Agents knocked on the door several times “to ensure their safety”, but no one answered.

Finally LDMG agreed to open it and asked for information about a woman and a child, but the defendant was “arrogant and uncooperative, The agents, who did not provide information about those inside and their situation, fearing that the incident was an incident of sex or domestic violence”, detailed the minutes of the prosecutor describing the insults and threats.

Later, other people in the apartment insulted the agents, shouting that they had been detained before and nothing happened to them, and when they saw more police coming they started throwing glass bottles into the street from one of the windows.

Suddenly the door of the house opened, a policeman put his foot in to prevent it from closing again but the tenants pushed, The reason why another agent who kicked him used pepper spray on people under investigation.

More agents arrived on the scene and heard how a lady was shouting for help through a window, so they used a ram to open the door, pushing the door out of the frame, until the passengers were finally let through and arrested.

In the police report Efe reached, woman and child were in one bedroom of the flat, in good condition. Neighborhood residents claimed that there was no party or danger in the house.

This happened three months before the so-called “kick in the door” incident on 21 March 2021 by several police officers on Lagasca Street, where the judge decided that the procedure should only continue against the responsible assistant inspector. however, the State Court ordered that the six participating police officers follow him to trial by jury for a possible trespassing charge.