With an illegal hunting rifle in hand, he waited for the victim for hours. Civil guard Víctor GD, who killed his former partner Ana Vanessa Serén on Saturday at the gates of the O Muiño de Oia campsite (Pontevedra), where he worked, waited all morning for the woman to sit in the van He went there and parked in front of his office. When Vanessa finished her workday and went out at four in the afternoon, fired a firearm and fled, committing suicide six hours laterOn the verge of 10 o’clock at night, after he was cornered by the police with a bullet to the head, on a nearby hill in the same town, in the vicinity of A Valga business.
“There was a van at the entrance to the campsite all morning, yes, a few people had seen it.” The organization’s director, Beatriz González
The fact that he didn’t own – apparently rented – stood in a vehicle that long and was armed with an illegally obtained shotgun on him – to the agent. The rule gun had been withdrawn some time ago and was sent on administrative duties at the Baiona barracks.– show that this crime, officially sanctioned by the Government today as sexist violence, is planned. However, with the death of its author, it will be included in the judicial file as it is one of the reasons that eliminates criminal responsibility.
The hunting weapon the agent used in the murder is not registered.
Vanessa and Víctor had met years ago while on assignment in Asturias. And right there, at the Oviedo Civil Guard Command, the woman filed the first complaint for gender-based violence against her in November 2021, but that case didn’t go ahead. Government delegate in Galicia, José Ramón Gómez Besteiro, reported today that the couple continues to live together after this complaint.. The victim’s friends told FARO that she stopped going forward because she didn’t feel “supported” as a victim when she went to testify.
The following complaint, the second, last April, two months ago, according to her close circle, Vanessa, After being attacked, he had to be transported to the Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital in Vigo by a police patrol who assisted him., apparently in one hand and one eye, while traveling with him in a vehicle by his former emotional partner. When this happened, the couple broke up and the woman was living with her neighbor from Oia, who took her in after the break. The victim told her friends that the man insulted and beat her after repeatedly asking where she would live.
According to the Xustiza de Galicia High Court (TSXG), this April complaint led to the arrest of the civil guard and reached the Vigo Women’s Court on 5 April. This chamber decided to release the prisoner. and decided on a protection order in favor of the victim as a precautionary measureIt consists of a restraining order and a communications ban still in effect when the crime was committed last weekend.
There was no quick trial. This was because Vanessa described two different incidents of gender violence, and therefore, according to the same official sources, the court did not have all the necessary evidence for the immediate prosecution in question. The Vigo judge avoided the Tui 1st Investigation Court as it was the judicial district where the victim resided, where a preliminary trial was initiated and the woman was asked to submit a missing injury report, which was delivered on 23 May in just two weeks. before. The next day, the court referred him to the Galician Forensic Institute (Imelga) to prepare the mandatory report.
This series of events shows that the court in Tudense is currently investigating the case; In this context, again on 23 May, the victim’s lawyer requested the court to request that the woman enter the house of the person under investigation and take her away. your belongings The Judge agreed, stating that the next day, State Security Forces and Corps agents would assist him in ensuring his safety.
Xunta urges to review the faults of the protection system After the attacker was arrested in April, no one asked about the telematics control bracelet
Vanessa’s murder was not prevented by the last complaint, the immediate arrest of the plainclothes police, nor the subsequent restraining order and the subsequent police protection. As a reflection of what happened in the crime in Oia, Emprego Minister of Promotion and Xunta’s Equality, María Jesus Lorenzana was invited to review the faults of the protection system for victims of sexist violence. In this case the “serious one” said, “not being able to control the attacker so he doesn’t go over the distance”. Since the deportation agreement was reached in April, the Civil Guard’s EMUME group has carried out 56 police protection interventions on Vanessa, which is considered “moderate risk”: on average once a day, with the last one being the last. Despite this, the attacker eventually took the life of this 44-year-old woman in broad daylight.
“Today’s protection systems are better than they were 20 years ago, but improvement must be continuous day by day; We need to improve the system.” Government delegate in Galicia, José Ramón Gómez Besteiro, agreed today.
One of the biggest demands of groups against gender-based violence is to control harassers with telematic wristbands. The civilian ranger in this case did not carry the device, as neither the prosecutor, the special prosecutor’s office, nor the defense had requested it “whether it was appropriate or not” after he was arrested in April, TSXG reported. could not be ordered by the court.
Minutes of silence across Galicia
Galicia hosted several silent rallies today for the denial of macho crime in Oia. Institutions and groups held a minute’s silence in the memory of the victim throughout the community. The image shows a demonstration in front of MARCO in Vigo this afternoon, organized by the Unitary Feminismo platform.
Forensic examination of the assailant’s body and evidence of gunpowder residue on the hands
After an autopsy was carried out on the victim at Imelga in Vigo on Sunday, a forensic examination of the body of the civil guard was carried out today – an autopsy was not necessary. The corpse had a gunshot wound to the head. The person he shot when he was cornered by a police device in the mountains. He used a lead shotgun. To complete the suicide report, tests will be conducted to determine the possible presence in the blood of toxins such as alcohol, drugs, drugs, which are common in these cases, and samples are taken from the hands to prevent suicide. Confirm the presence of firearm residue in the decedent. The victim was to be buried today in family privacy.
In memory of the woman who fought against animal abuse by Judge Pilar de Lara
Condolences for Vanessa’s death, like concentrations and moments of silence, followed each other on social networks these days. One of those who condemned the macho crime was Judge Pilar de Lara, who met the woman as a result of an animal abuse case. The deceased was a great advocate of animals. De Lara wrote on Facebook, “I feel deep sadness today. “There are people you don’t know, but at some point in your life, your path will cross because of someone or something. And this thing is important enough to leave a trace without their knowing,” he added, referring to the victim.