Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EFE) on September 29, 2019, three shots to the head in La Garita (Gran Canaria).
In the second session of the trial against Daniel Gerardo FM, the defense lawyer has also claimed the same sentence for his client, who, in his right to have the last word, has once again apologized to the family of his cousin AFM, who after firing three shots in the head, two in the left temple and a third and last point-blank in the forehead, dumped his body in the Sima de Jinámar.
The prosecutor Miguel Portell and the lawyer for the private prosecution, Juan Sánchez Limiñana, have reduced the sentence they initially requested of 22 years in prison, 20 for the crime of murder and two for illegal possession of weapons, considering that the mitigating factors of repairing the damage, since it has consigned a part of the compensation that is claimed for the victims, and collaboration with the Justice.
In this second session of the trial, the person in charge of homicides of the National Police in Las Palmas and instructor of the case, who explained to the jury how the arrest of the defendant was carried out, after he denounced, the following day, has declared before the court of the facts, the disappearance of his cousin at the police station in La Laguna, Tenerife, the island where they both lived.
The instructor has indicated that the defendant ended up confessing to the crime when some passers-by found the victim’s body in the Sima de Jinámar, on October 4, and has also explained that he must have had help to dispose of his cousin’s body, with the one who was dedicated to robbing homes on the islands.
Initially, the defendant maintained that it was a homicide after both had a fight, but before the start of the trial he informed his lawyer that he wanted to acknowledge the facts and for that reason he consigned part of the money claimed to compensate the parents. and his cousin’s sister. In total, 125,000 euros are requested and he has consigned 6,000 euros.
On this day, the two forensic doctors who performed the autopsy on the deceased have also testified, who have detailed that the corpse had abrasive wounds from dragging, produced after death, and that the main injuries were in the skull, three gunshot wounds , two on the left side and one on the forehead, which had to be the last and point blank.
Regarding the motive for the crime, the defense lawyer, José Domingo Plasencia, has told journalists that his client wanted to stop stealing but his cousin demanded that he pay him money in exchange, a reason that the private prosecution did not agree with. convinces.
The important thing for Sánchez Limiñana is that he has recognized what happened so that the victims can rest.
The jury, to which the object of the verdict has already been delivered, has withdrawn to deliberate. EFE