Ten years in prison for causing the suicide of a minor in Vila-real

Magistrate Judge in his decision Provincial Court Castle the person presiding over the hearings, the members of the jury Paradis responsible for minor’s suicide and vindicates the facts proved, but differs in one salient point with the jury, as demanded by the private prosecution: aggravating advantagecarried a longer prison sentence.

Well, magistrate lowers expected range from 12 and a half years to 15 jail terms, according to the crime in question and impose 10 years. “The decision maker understands that the aggravating condition of supremacy cannot be applied in this case, because this situation is in the act itself and therefore cannot be applied twice, since this violates the principle of injustice bis in idem. From this principle, two conditions of the same condition to aggravate the same act follows the prohibition to be evaluated once,” the judge asserts in his sentence.

Messages

The judgment therefore states that the accused is guilty of voluntarily causing the death of the minor and states that the main incriminating evidence is valid, that is, the removal of all messages from the deceased’s mobile phone was carried out in accordance with the law. chain of custody of the terminal. That’s how he accepts messages like “to fuck when you do this, so be aware of the consequences” and “now what if I blackmail you” to his minor, whom he sent 119 in just three hours. will you do it?”, “You got into this trouble and you will pay the price”, “if you commit suicide, you will leave the coffee to your parents”, “you will shed bloody tears. judges and your family”.

civil liability

In addition to the prison sentence, Paradis was fined 146,000 euros to the deceased teenager’s parents and 27,000 civil liability damages to his brother. It is slightly lower than the amounts requested by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and requested by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. The parents, who testified as witnesses at the trial, watched each of the courtroom sessions with great emotion and horror. On several occasions the accused, who never showed remorse for what had happened while defending his innocence, looked at them and created some tension. In their statements to this newspaper after learning of the verdict last July, they assured that “justice” had finally been done and that their son would “rest in peace”.

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The lawyer of the convict, who claimed that he was not guilty in a statement he made before the jury and the chamber by not accepting that he was the author of the harassment messages sent to the deceased minor, announced that he would appeal the sentence after reading the verdict. Before the High Court of Justice of the Commonwealth of Valencia (TSJCV). Although he did not confess to the judge the authorship of some of Vicente Paradis’ messages on his cell phone, he did so in front of a social worker and a psychologist who was evaluating after his arrest.

decision in detail. Five proven facts

1. Vicente Paradís Ibáñez contacted the 17-year-old via WhatsApp and sent him “119 messages in less than three hours”.

2. As a result of the earlier communication, the boy told Vicente Paradís that he was 17 years old and underage and apologized repeatedly and even sent him voicemails such as “please don’t”, “I will do whatever you want”. “I want to”, “you’re going to ruin my life,” and repeatedly told her that if she continues like this, she’ll kill herself.

3. Vicente Paradis was “fully aware of the anguish and uneasiness he caused in the minors, to the point of wanting to take his own life, and knew that the death of the minor was highly likely to occur by suicide, as he had declared, and, conceding, became a minor at 6:40 pm on December 1st. The boy, who was absent, continued to text her until he jumped into the void from the inner courtyard of his home.

4. “The deceased child leaves his father, mother and brother, who suffered moral damage due to his death and should be compensated.”

5. “Vicente Paradis was aware that the person she was talking to via WhatsApp messages was a minor and clearly and specifically took advantage of such a situation, knowingly and knowingly the immaturity and vulnerability displayed by the minor.”