this Malaga Prosecutor’s Office He sought 51 and a half years in prison for the man nicknamed ‘El melllero’ for allegedly acid attacking his ex-girlfriend and a friend in the town of Cártama, Málaga, in January 2021. This attempted murder, in which five more defendants would cooperate, one of them would throw the substance.
That’s stated in the prosecutor’s interim summary of the verdict that this man was charged with two counts of attempted murder —wants 17 years in prison for each— belonging to a criminal organization —seven-year petition–, two serious threats —two years for each offense–, the other two harassment —24 months in prison each— and the offense of ill-treatment –30 months in prison–.
According to the preliminary results of the prosecution, to which Europa Press has access, the defendants belong to an organization that ‘El melillero’ allegedly had ‘patronage functions’ and mainly committed drug trafficking and occasional crimes against property. others satellite “the functions attached to it and what it commands at every moment.”
The acid attack occurred in Cártama shortly after 14:00 on 12 January 2021. The defendant and one of the victims had an emotional affair between May and December 2020, but broke up after allegedly “disrespecting”, insulting and hitting him. She did not accept the separation and was “obsessed with it”.
According to the public indictment, the main defendant “He devised a preconceived plan — both in the execution and in the subsequent escape –“ According to the other defendants, he stopped the passage of the vehicle in which the woman and her friend were on the day of the incident “by taking advantage of her being the head of a terrorist organization”.
Prosecutor claims ‘El Melillero’ is ‘moving’with the aim of making her life miserable, inflicting the greatest pain on her, and openly despising the female gender, As his final goal of humiliation, domination, subjugation and objectification, he inflicts extreme suffering before ending his and his comrade’s life with his programmed action”.
Therefore, the prosecutor reported that another defendant was the co-pilot and was carrying a one-liter can of sulfuric acid on board. 98% purityallegedly ordered ‘El Melillero’ and the other ‘to go outside and throw the acid he had made from the driver’s window of the car where the victims were found into the vehicle’.
These events provoked both”severe burns While having to leave the closed compartment to avoid suffocating from the acid”, the main defendant “laughed and stared, confident of his predicted outcome”, crashing the two women’s vehicles into another car and then a lamppost.
Both were seriously injured and required urgent hospitalization to save their lives. In fact, his ex-girlfriend burned 45% of her total body surface area, required 12 surgeries, and caused psychological sequelae and aesthetic and loss of quality of life, Not to mention the fact that he could not practice his profession.
Thus, it presents a left corneal leukoma. “leaving a visual acuity of 0.1”, difficulty swallowing liquids and sometimes solids; as well as the mobility limitations of many parts of the body.
The other woman came out 20% of total body surface area burned and had to intervene twice now that his wounds were thought to be stabilized. Both suffer from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological sequelae.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the defendants set up an organization”facilitated the application of the factsIn this sense, it is pointed out that ‘El melllero’ and his co-pilot were supposedly planning to ‘spray acid’ the day before what happened, as they were in Cártama and approached the vehicle in which the two of them were.
That day, he told his ex-partner to lower the passenger window, but when he got scared he “didn’t”, although the main culprit frightened him. “to tell and point to another”They were both terrified, making a gesture like “This will look at you, it will kill you”, as if to slit your neck. He also threatened her days ago saying that he would “ruin his very pretty face”.
For the public charge, ‘El melilio’ ordered one of the defendants, his right arm, to leave the car for him; and one of the so-called members who bought the acid bottle. Moreover, thinks he helped the other defendants escapeuntil he was arrested four days later in Mijas (Málaga).
Likewise, the first briefing was the days before the attack, probably “He was placed at the bottom of his vehicles without his consent and knowledge” two geolocation markers to control the movements of –two victims–“.
According to the public prosecutor’s office, the victim and the accused were living together and the accused broke up the relationship, presumably because he “disrespected” with insults and punches; “refuse to be broken and being obsessed with him” has since “constantly phoned him, even threatened him”.
From all this, and because of the “fear she felt”, the woman was always accompanied by her friend, “she felt harassed and watched by her, and they have to change their daily living habits”.
In addition to a prison sentence, he demands that the main accused be banned from approaching the victims. less than 1,000 meters or contact them in any way for almost 50 years and in any case a 20-year ban on presence or residence in Cártama. He thinks that there are situations that aggravate the punishment of sex and kinship.
The remainder of the defendants are charged with two counts of attempted murder and membership of a criminal organization; adding to the serious threat crime charge in the case of the person accompanying him in the car, therefore demanding more from him. 38 years in prison.
The prosecutor also requests all defendants to pay compensation to his ex-girlfriend. €1.1 million and to a friend with 312,522,22 Euros for injuries and sequelae.