José Antonio Royo and Fernando Borja met in prisonWhere they served their sentences for robbery and drug trafficking crimes from 1992 to 1998. But freedom did not last long for either of them. Royo killed Fernando On Calle del Caballo in Zaragoza in 1999. They met in this area, where there was already street prostitution at that time, and the discussion of defending a woman became the trigger for this crime.
The fatal encounter occurred at dawn on July 24. This street killer in the Zaragoza neighborhood of El Gancho made contact with a prostitute who was sexually abused by the victim, but suddenly saw a noise and decided to go closer to see what was going on. He discovered a man was hitting a woman and his face was familiar to him, an ex-partner from Torrero prison. He didn’t hesitate to approach them to separate them..
Royo took the assailant to an inn on Pignatelli street, where the criminal took a pack of tobacco, and they drove out into a field where cars were parked at the time. There they both shot peaceful discussion that initially ended in death. The criminal reminded him that he still was. i owe him as a result of some drawings he will make for his three children in prison. The minors were 11, 8 and 5 years old when their father was killed.
The controversy was quickly resolved when José Antonio Royo, then 30, unsheathed a 21-centimeter sharp-pointed weapon he was carrying and was carrying with the intent to cause—they refer to an interchangeable dagger and machete in the sentence. death stabbed him in the lung. He died immediately, left there alone as he bled out..
The person who found the body was the woman who worked for the victim. He tried to prevent further blood loss., but his death was inevitable. When she ran off to call for help, she left her purse and butterfly knife on her hand to protect herself.
The assassin went to the nearby street of the temple and calmly left. He was taken aback by the National Police as he rolled marijuana on the door of a bar. There were still traces of blood on his hands, and the again stained scimitar was snagged on his belt. He was calm and snapped at them when the agents explained why they had detained him: “I’m glad I killed him, so I took the job from the police.From this nightlife area located in Casco Viejo, he was transferred to the police stations, where the agents found another blade type knife in the corresponding search.
The trial was held the following year by a jury formed at the Zaragoza Provincial Court. At the hearing, Royo stated that he had “got into a fight” and when he saw that his opponent was intent on pulling something out of his pocket, he decided to do the same with a machete and hit him. chest blow this hurt him a lot.
Forensic doctors pointed out that the perpetrator of the incidents was a “right-handed person using sharp weapons”. They also confirmed that Royo made an offer. “antisocial personality disorder”, more commonly known as “psychopathic personality”“, this did not make it indisputable. An assessment that the young man sitting on the defendant’s bench did not like at all and that he ironically even turned his calm and quiet demeanor into applause.
The incident occurred shortly after the prosecutor began his report. Handcuffed, Royo got up from the bench, kicked the piece of furniture that served as a support for the slide projector, and said, threaten to attack the judgeThe person to whom he was headed directly was caught by the officers and removed from the courtroom.
Subsequently, the parties’ reports eventually returned to the family through attorney Roberto Gállego.apologies, respect and condolences“.
The prosecution and lawyer for the deceased’s family agreed to seek 18 years in prison after trying to convince the popular jury that the defendant was “convinced that he had intent to kill and later did so.” They further stressed that “there are no objective data to suggest that the accused felt threatened by the victim”.
Some remarks that the people’s court values in a guilty verdict they consider Royo to have acted treacherously because of Fernando He was in a “relaxed” demeanor and “in a killing mood”. It has nothing to do with the defense, which initially alleges unintentional manslaughter or, alternatively, wounding with a simple murder, and presumes that there was no intent to kill at any time.
Finally, the presiding judge decided to impose 15 years in prison for murder In addition to paying José Antonio Royo 20 million old pesetas to the wife of the deceased and an additional seven million for each of the three children despite declaring bankruptcy.
The judge justified the sentence for the minimum sentence, with the understanding that “there is no doubt that his behavior is not governed by the usual social parameters, and that with a higher sentence his personality may be further deteriorated”. The decision also included the following statements: there was no room for extenuating or aggravating circumstances He said he acted “out of hatred” towards the victim and stabbed her with a 21-centimeter knife in an attempt to “cause his death before he could defend himself”.