Madrid Court decided to reopen the case of Jimmy, who died in a fight between ultras

The fourth division of the court, in a decision submitted by El Confidencial and to which EFE also had access, annulled the decision of the Madrid court of inquiry No. 20, which ended the investigation at 12:00. No evidence was found against any of the alleged suspects.

On December 16, LaLiga, which conducted the popular investigation, demanded the resumption of a separate procedure regarding Jimmy’s murder with the indictment of five defendants, two for wounding and three for murder.

This work investigates the death of Jimmy, whose body was recovered from the Manzanares River, thrown during a fight between the ultras of the Atlético Front. Atlético de Madridand injuries sustained by Riazor Blues of Deportivo de La Coruña and other Galician fans, Santiago A.M.he too was thrown into the river.

Now the Madrid Court has decided to reopen the procedure, taking into account that “there are clear indications of crime, as well as sufficient evidence to establish that the persons under investigation are the perpetrators identified by the accusing parties.”

The Provincial Court had previously decided to reopen the case, after the judge last archived the file in 2018, by calling on the court to take the testimony of a woman who said her former partner DP had accused her a year ago. He is known to be the one who threw the Dépor fan into the river.

However, the magistrate decided not to accept the veracity of the witness’s statement and reopened the investigation, claiming there was not enough evidence to prosecute anyone.

“The words the witness claimed to have heard were: ‘‘I threw Jimmy in the river, I threw him… look, that’s me… yes, I threw him, I killed him.’. “This is a non-referential, direct statement and refers to the immediate sensory perception of a self-incriminating statement,” explains the fourth part of the decision to contradict the court; crime, none of this was investigated.

However, he does not order a new trial because he believes that there is already sufficient evidence to prosecute the people allegedly involved in the incident and that they “conditioned to procedural channeling that is followed“.

Note that an expert report recommended by LaLiga is awaiting completion.

In the article, which referred to a fight between ultras from both teams before Jimmy’s death, the Madrid court fined 75 people accused of participating in the fight between 300 and 1,350 euros.