convicted of murder by treason and sexual assault To a 9-year-old boy in the town of Rioja cellar In 2021, Francisco Javier Almeida appealed to the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ). from La Rioja Against the decision of the Provincial Court determining the sentence reviewable permanent imprisonment and 15 years in prison.
The La Rioja Supreme Court of Justice said in a note this Wednesday that the appeal will be considered by the Civil and Criminal Division.
On probation since April 2020, Almeida was sentenced to a probable permanent prison sentence for the treacherous murder of this child, Álex, whom she sexually abused on October 28, 2021, requiring 15 years in prison. prison.
On March 30, the jury that tried Almeida found her guilty of both crimes and “extreme violence” against Álex, who was unable to defend himself.
The subsequent decision of the La Rioja State Court, last known on April 18, emphasized that: wounds found in minor showed “use of special cruelty”; It turned out that Almeida had “direct intent to kill” to hide the sexual assault.
While playing in disguise in a park in Lardero, Álex was tricked by the prisoner into attacking him to go home, causing him to suffocate to death, then climbing the stairs with the lifeless child in his arms. and was taken aback by the police looking for a neighbor and the little one.
Almeida has a criminal record that she sexually abused a minor in 1993, for whom she was sentenced to 7 years in Logroño; and in 1998, he murdered and sexually assaulted a real estate agent in the capital, La Rioja, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The decision of the La Rioja TSJ Civil and Criminal Division can be appealed in the Second Circuit of the Supreme Court.