Logroño (EFE).- This Thursday the deliberation of the popular jury on the crime of the 9-year-old boy, Álex, on October 28, 2021 in Lardero (La Rioja), has resumed, which must be pronounced, in the object of the verdict, about the crimes of murder and sexual assault, they have informed EFE in judicial sources.
The nine members of the jury began their deliberation at noon yesterday, Wednesday, once the magistrate, after agreeing with the parties, handed them the object of the verdict, made up of several questions, the answers to which they must argue.
The jury, after sleeping in a hotel, has resumed its deliberation this Thursday at the Provincial Court of Logroño, where, from March 20 to 28, the trial against Francisco Javier Almeida as the alleged perpetrator of the murder and sexual assault of Alex.
Almeida, who was on probation since April 2020, is a repeat offender, given that he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder and sexual assault of a real estate agent in Logroño in 1998 and, in 1993, to 7 years in prison for assaulting sexually to a minor.
On this occasion, he is facing a request for reviewable permanent prison sentences for the crime of murder and 15 years in prison for sexual assault, requested by the prosecutor and the private prosecutions, exercised by Álex’s family; and popular, on behalf of the Clara Campoamor Association.
For its part, the defense requests acquittal and, secondarily, in the event that he is found guilty, that the mitigating factors of reparation for the damage and confession be taken into account.
Once the jury has finished its deliberation, for which there is no set time, the object of the verdict will be read in the presence of the defendant and the parties. EFE
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