Francisco Javier Almeida asked his lawyer to appeal the sentence that had sentenced him to commit a crime. reviewable permanent imprisonment for him murder treason and 15 years in prison sexual assault 9 year old boy AlexOccurring in 2021 in the municipality of Lardero of Riojan.
According to sources close to Almeida’s defense, who reported to EFE on Wednesday, the prisoner telephoned the public defender on Tuesday as soon as he learned of his conviction through the media.
Fault La Rioja State Court Court, more than 200 pages, This was communicated to the parties on Tuesday and may be appealed within 20 days.
The appeal must be made in the Civil and Criminal Chamber of the La Rioja Supreme Court of Justice, and the sentence imposed by this chamber can also be appealed before the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court.
Almeida, imprisoned in the Herrera de la Mancha prison (Ciudad Real), The same sources added that after hearing the sentence, he simply conveyed his appeal to his lawyer, without specifying his mood.
sentence, maximum Penal Codespecific charges requested by the prosecutor, performed by the minor’s family; popular and on behalf of the Clara Campoamor Society at the seven-day, jury trial.
This jury unanimously found Almeida, now 56, guilty of murder and sexual assault on March 30. the minor with “extreme violence” and without a chance to defend himself.
When these events took place, on October 28, 2021, Almeida had been on probation since April 2020 for murdering a real estate agent in Logroño in 1998 and receiving a 30-year sentence for sexual assault. He was previously sentenced to 7 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor in the capital city of La Rioja in 1993.