Two young people, one of whom has a large criminal record, were arrested. Sentenced to one and a half years in prison for two threats and one offense against the exercise of fundamental rights and after admitting that they scold their public liberties two transgender people Valencia, chasing them in a car, threatening to kill them because of their sexual situation. He will even scare them with chains and tell He said they would pour gasoline on him to set them on fire.
“fucking fags and shemalesYou have to kill people like you”are some of the hate messages they use against their victims. A few minutes earlier, he had insulted a third victim for the same homophobic reasons. According to the testimony of the prosecutor, who was recognized by the two defendants, they even threatened to try to crush him.
In the procedural trial seen this morning in the Fifth Chamber of the Valencia County Court, both youths accepted prison sentences of up to one and a half years, six months for each offense. Firstly Each was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.At the request of the prosecutor’s office.
In addition to imprisonment, they are sentenced to a fine of 360 euros and joint and several damages. 8.500 Euro legal liability, to inflict psychological harm on their victims. Likewise, a 300-meter distance and communication ban was decided for five years with three people who were scolded for homophobic reasons.
Events occurred in the area In the early morning of 23 November 2019 two teenagers driving a car on Joaquín Ballester street in València. They used phrases like “I was going to fuck a faggot” to a guy from the car. When this person responded by saying they cared, they scared him by showing him a chain and even threatened to crush him.
They then took him with two other people, both transgender, and after persistently asking them how much they had been charged, they shouted: “fags, we’re gonna cut your dick offYou have to kill people like you.” When his victims tried to escape, the defendants followed them with cars that “squealed for intimidation” and threatened to set them on fire.
To one of the prisoners defended by lawyer Jorge Abadia, sentence suspended and should not go to jail pay legal liability and take a retraining course on equality, provided that they have not committed a crime within three years. In the latter case, the Chamber will decide whether to suspend the prison sentence as there is a long list of records.