According to the accounts given by two young witnesses, the defendant, Ginés, who had a long relationship with the mother of his children, is described as having carried out repeated attacks since childhood and living in a state of constant alarm within a troubled family. One youth testified that Ginés assaulted him with an iron bar and that he was locked in a room for six months, only leaving to use the bathroom. The same boy said he was beaten along with his sister and that boiling water was poured over them in the shower. These abuses occurred while the mother was away from home, leaving the children under Ginés’ control.
At the trial, another former partner of Ginés testified that she had seen him kill a baby. She also described witnessing his children frequently bearing bruises, with accidents blamed on the children themselves rather than on the abuse they endured.
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This woman added that she felt a particular unease around very young children when they cried, and she noted that not only her four children were subjected to slaps but others faced similar mistreatment. She further stated that one of her daughters now suffers from neurological issues tied to head injuries inflicted by the defendant since she was small.
The former partner maintains that she, too, fell victim to Ginés’ violence. She recalled an incident where he isolated her in a house in Elche, an episode that required police and firefighters to intervene and led to her removal from a balcony for safety reasons.
Ginés’ daughter recounted the brutal episodes the father suffered at the hands of the same man, describing acts that she called unconventional and motivated by rebellion. She stated that her sister was not beaten. She recalled moments when he restrained her with his hands and, on two occasions, used a leash. She said he punched her in the face and grabbed her by the hair when she was about 14 or 15, an episode that occurred during a weekend when she ran away from home. Upon returning, she fainted after a head injury.
Despite these recollections, the daughter did not believe her father capable of killing a baby. She noted that she had never seen him act violently toward a baby and acknowledged that he had previously beaten her when their relationship ended, though she defended her sister’s absence of such abuse.
That same daughter described how little Daniel had marks on his body just days before his death, with five fingerprints and three facial bruises. Ginés allegedly claimed the child had simply fallen from the couch, a story the mother supported, although the baby bore scratch marks understood by the family to be injuries.
A witness introduced new information not previously shared with police or the court, alleging that the mother was on good terms with the baby. She contends that the night before Daniel’s death, the mother, who also faces charges for similar acts as the ex-partner, began to scream and insult the child, urging him to stop crying and threatening harm until the end of the day. The witness claims that the father urged quiet so as not to provoke a worse reaction later, and the child was silenced.
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The sister of the earlier witness testified that her father had never shown aggression toward her, but she acknowledged a moment when she believed the harm might have culminated in a fatal blow when Daniel died. She also said she had once considered the act of severing his hair a bad act, though her memory focuses on the tragedy that followed.
Another former partner of Ginés testified that he had tried to strike him with a baseball bat and stated that he had also hit his own daughters. He tempered earlier police and partner statements during the court proceedings, presenting a more cautious view of the allegations.
The mother’s close friends, including Daniel’s biological father, denied in court that she had problems with alcohol or drugs. Most agreed that Conchi, the mother, was a devoted parent who treated the children with care. Daniel’s father, who had not known his son personally, later questioned the stepfather’s exclusive responsibility for the boy’s death.
The third session of the case, scheduled for a Wednesday hearing, will feature testimony from judicial experts and other specialists. Their insights are expected to illuminate the injuries Daniel sustained and the circumstances surrounding his death in Elche last year.