this appeal against the sentence for murder Javier Ardines already happened presented before Supreme Court. This Tuesday was the last day to submit articles. On appeals, the four convicts’ defenses allege that the jury process and deliberation were disrupted by the testimonies of Jesús Muguruza and Djillali Benatia, one of the Algerian hitmen and mediator who was materially responsible for the crime committed in August. 16 of 2018.
The two assassins, Djillali Benatia and Maamar Kelii, assisted by Pedro Luis Nieva and Adrián Fernández and Fernando Barutell, defended by the instigator of the crime, Javier Beramendi, were sentenced to prison by the second division of the State Court last December. 22 years in prison in line with guilty verdict lifeless, pronounced by the jury. According to the sentence handed down by Judge Francisco Javier Iriarte, his intermediary Jesús Muguruza, defended by Luis Mendiguren, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The special prosecution, brought by both prosecutor Belén Rico and the family, at the legal order of Antonio Pineda, demanded 25 years in prison. The criminal law division of the Asturias Supreme Court of Justice (TSJA) confirmed the sentence handed down by the Supreme Court in a judgment of which Judge Ignacio Vidau was its rapporteur.
In their source, the defenses go back to bring up arguments that were timely dismissed by both the Court and the Asturias Supreme Court of Justice (TSJA). Snow’s lawyer He denies it has been proven that his order for the assassins was to kill. a member of parliament who had an affair with his wife. It is also stated that the wiretaps made about the alleged instigator of the crime were not justified and that other investigation methods were not followed, for example, the traces of an Ardineli lover were found on the railings used in the ambush. life. It is also a illegal link Between Jesús Muguruza’s first statement before the Civil Guard, which was rescinded for violating the fundamental rights of the person being questioned, and the investigation of the other defendants, the TSJA had already issued two verdicts and the agents were able to reach out to those concerned in any event.
Benatia’s defense, currently being handled by a lawyer from Madrid, is once again The illegality of Algeria’s solitary confinement The fact that he was dictated by the Llanes judge and forced to incriminate himself is something that both the Criminal Police agents and the different decisions in this case categorically deny. Before the Supreme Court, Fernando Barutell alleges that among the documents submitted to the jury to render its decision was the annulled statement of Jesús Muguruza, an irregularity that the TSJA had removed and that the defense lawyers themselves could have requested it. this file can be printed.