Logroño, (EFE).- The family of Álex, the 9-year-old boy murdered and sexually assaulted on October 28, 2021 in Lardero (La Rioja), has assured this Thursday that he will have to “start living differently from today ”, with the “satisfaction” that the culprit has been sentenced, but “with a penalty that will never go away”.
This was stated by the spokesman for the family and the child’s great-uncle, Gonzalo Martín, who appeared before the media after hearing the guilty verdict that the popular jury handed down against Francisco Javier Almeida for the crimes of murder and sexual assault. of the minor
The coldness with which the defendant has listened to the verdict and the request of the prosecutor’s accusations and the private and popular accusations of permanent reviewable prison for the crime of murder and 15 years in prison for sexual assault, has contrasted with the visible emotion of the child’s relatives present in the room.
In fact, as soon as they heard the verdict, the parents of Álex and Gonzalo Martín left the room and melted into an emotional hug without being able to contain their tears.
“It is the verdict we expected, but it is not a day of joy,” stressed the boy’s great-uncle, who stressed the gratitude of the entire family to the media that have followed the trial, which began on 20 of mallet, for the respect shown towards them.
He has admitted that, “at least, we went out with another desire, because justice is done for the death and sexual assault of Álex. It’s what this killer deserved.”
“Now we have to start living in a different way” because “we no longer have the pressure to come to court,” Martín stressed, and also because the process has passed, one year and five months after the murder, “and today a period and followed”.
He has stressed that “the grief we have is never going to go away, but we have to push forward and we are going to be strong, as we have been these days, in which we have behaved prudently in court until the last moment”. EFE.
