Antonio Pérez Coll was in prison for a crime that Justice decided he didn’t commit.. it happened accused of killing his parents with a knife. The parents’ bodies were discovered at their home in the town of Sangonera on Pilar Day four years ago. Anthony was arrested days later by the Civil Guard and in June 2022 he was seated before the Murcia County Court.
He always insisted on his innocence. He got help from his lawyer. Juan Jose Brown, at the first hearing, compared his case to that of Rocío Wanninkhof. “Dolores Vázquez sank. That poor woman began to think she could do it without doing that. Thank God, she was shown to be innocent,” the lawyer said.
Investigators, forensic experts and witnesses were filed on the fourth floor of the Palace of Justice. there was no evidence that Antonio Pérez Coll was behind the deaths, and that was determined by the popular jury. Verdict: not guilty. released. It has a life behind it and uncertainty ahead.
“As soon as I got out of prison, I sat at the door for about three hours, waiting for them to pick me up, and I couldn’t think of anything,” he told La Opinión after he was released from prison. , while it is not yet clear what will happen. During his time in prison, his marriage had ended.. “I was in a good position with my mother-in-law, and I find myself lying like a dog without a door that opens and can’t lift my head and think about what’s going to happen to me tomorrow,” he said. Now, almost a year after that case where he was acquitted, Antonio goes to La Opinión, From the Prensa Ibérica group, From the Catalonian community, when the truck he was working with stopped.
“Have faith, because God always reaches out and opens a door, he knows when we really need it”
“I started working on November 30, the day after my birthday, it was my anniversary gift”says the man, happy.
Abuses and embargoes
However, having “The discrimination and harassment we experience” is very present. He talks about people like him who are in prison and trying to rebuild their lives when they get out. In his case, innocently. Others, along with the penalties imposed. Re-entering the labor market is an adventure for all of them. “I went to eight companies before I took this job to try and work in my industry, transportation,” he tells this newspaper.
Pérez Coll emphasizes that since “I worked in prison, I got shit”, he “was even harassed by the State.” “Unemployment that belongs to me when I go out is 360 euros and six months,” he emphasizes.
“I am a carrier, I have excellent colleagues who guide and help me financially”
Economic problems were increasing day by day. “On the second month of collection, the Treasury started taking over my account because I had a backlog of unpaid car stamps,” says the now 46-year-old man.
“They received between 100 and 150 euros per month”details, while denouncing that “these embargoes are illegal”.
The ex-convict saw them and asked them to move forward, keeping his gaze focused on finding a life in the trade he knew: Transport. That way, “I had to ’empoar’ to renew the truck’s license and buy me clothes to look stylish companies,” he recalls.
Thus began the journey through different companies. At a company he practically signed on, “they told me If I could bring them a criminal recordwhich is illegal.” And everything went wrong.”If I had a job, I would automatically lose”evident.
Fortunately, not all businessmen are the same and “where I am right now, they didn’t ask me anything. Only if I have experience, know how to drive and know what transport I’m doing,” the man celebrates.
apartment search adventure
Another adventure was finding a home. Antonio Pérez Coll explains that after finishing his job as a shipper, he decided to look for an apartment. “Once I get to start working, I’m looking for a house and renting it near Molina de Segura for the month of February,” he recalls.
He emphasizes that when he goes to the flat in question, he thinks of joys such as “I will sleep in a bed in my house”. But when he got home, he found something he didn’t expect: “The owner had changed my lock2.
“I meet a boy from Tarrasa, an honest boy who doesn’t care about my past.”
“He told me he needed a house,” said Antonio, though he didn’t believe it. It assumes that the host finds out who he is because “my history pops up the moment you Google my name”. “He literally threw me out on the street, I go to the Civil Guard and the National Police and they both tell me they can’t do anything,” the man complains.
“Finally, they gave me back the rent money I had deposited before. They won’t give me back the fame I have…”, joke. “Within three weeks, God helped and I found a rented room closer to work,” says Pérez Coll.
When asked why it was the hardest thing after getting out of prison, he replied, “The hardest thing after getting out of jail. seeing myself alone, without eating, not knowing what to wear, alone, under the skythe sky was my roof”.
Getting out of jail during the summer didn’t do him any good. “I start acting a week after I go out, I go to humanitarian organizations, They tell me that there is nothing to do until September, that people are going on vacation.”Don’t forget.
He gets angry when he thinks about those days but says, “I don’t want to lose my comfort because education comes first but anger What I’ve learned from this country is frightening.” “I don’t feel Spanish,” he says.
“Another Hangs Herself”
Pérez Coll sees himself as “a warrior and a fighter” and he realizes that “if what happened to me happens to anyone else, he’s officially hanging himself”.
You are lucky to have good coworkers. “One of them in particular is excellent: he guides me through the company and helped me financially when I needed it,” he comments.
His accusation in the death of his parents It also cost her marriage: her husband came for detention with her, who was later released and cleared of all suspicions, but the couple did not survive. Now a Pérez Coll new illusion: “I will meet someone from Tarrasa, an honest boy Who didn’t care about my past,” she says. “She’s looking at the present and the future I can give her. This is great”.
Before this illusion, her past cut short her other relationships with men that Antonio opened up and said: “Look, this is my past, you’re learning from me”. But they couldn’t stand it. “I lost two of my relationships because of this.”
To people who find themselves in a similar situation, Message “Let them fight, let them fight. “Fight against negativity”. “They have to be patient and have faith. God always reaches out and opens a door, he knows when we really need it,” he says.