Public, private, and popular accusations against Francisco Javier Almeida resulted in a prison sentence. reviewable permanent imprisonment Deliberately killing and sexually assaulting 9-year-old Alex Lardero (La Rioja)Confirmed treason in the crime this Tuesday, October 28, 2021.
La Rioja High Court of Justice (TSJ) view on source A hearing requested by the charges, presented by Almeida against the sentence handed down to him for this crime penalty approved in all its terms. After a jury trial in Logroño last March, the La Rioja State Court sentenced Almeida to a permanent reviewable prison sentence for the treacherous murder of Álex and 15 years for sexually assaulting this boy who was playing in the park at the time. the accused tricked him into his home.
This Tuesday, at the session chaired by Javier Marca, president of the La Rioja TSJ, the parties intervened and the convict was involved, transferred from the Herrera de la Mancha prison (Ciudad Real) to Logroño. who did not interfere with the oral hearing and have been on probation since April 2020.
On appeal, Almeida’s defense argued that: treason is misapplied because, as he himself said, the convict had no intention of killing the minor, so he demanded that the principle of “in dubio pro reo” be applied to him. He wanted both to be applied to him. compensation for harm caused and extenuating circumstances for confessionnot taken into account in the sentence.
He also stated that if Almeida wanted to kill the child, he would have done so immediately, and that when the child died, she left home to “ask for help with the child in her arms”. “that he wants to repair the damage and that he is not the murderer”.
intends to kill
The specific accusations, which were popular on behalf of the prosecutor and Álex’s family and the Clara Campoamor Association, argued at the oral hearing that these extenuating circumstances were completely rebutted in the trial, furthermore, this crime was a treacherous murder. expert evidence, including that of forensic experts, “clear intent” to kill the childbecause after he sexually assaulted her, she wrapped her arm around his neck until he suffocated.
This is a deliberate, treacherous and murderous deathBefore the boy had the opportunity to defend himself, the three charges were effective, emphasizing that Almeida never thought of the harm done to the victim and her family and did not notify the emergency room after the incident, but instead tried to hide the bodyalthough he was surprised by the police when he left his house.
Almeida has been on probation since April 2020 for murdering a real estate agent in Logroño in 1998 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexual assault, and was previously sentenced to 7 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor in 1993. In the capital of La Rioja.
same pain
After the oral hearing, Alicia Redondo, the attorney representing private and popular charges, told reporters she hopes the sentence will be upheld because grounds of appeal made by convict “unsustainable”. “We had to go through an unpleasant time (at the oral hearing of the appeal) and heard (from the defense) that there was no intention to kill Álex or that we were not dealing with a murderer, which is completely unclear.” In the evidence presented at this judicial prosecution, it was revealed that he was liquidated.
Pain ‘very present’ in Álex’s familyThe judicial process needs to end as soon as possible and Almeida needs to know that “she will not go out again”. They do not give up standing with the same restlessness and the same pain. It’s completely done, and therefore, we hope it’s to justify this sentence”.
The sentence, handed down by the La Rioja TSJ Civil and Criminal Division, can be appealed in the Second Circuit of the Supreme Court, and if the case is finally settled, “we will be there in the fight and keep moving forward,” he stressed.