Madrid (EFE).- The Provincial Court of Madrid has sentenced a woman to a reviewable permanent prison sentence for killing a 92-year-old woman in her charge, whom she suffocated with a cushion in November 2021.
According to the sentence, sent by the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM), in accordance with the verdict of the popular jury that followed the hearing and found her guilty, the Chamber sees that Elsa DI is the criminally responsible author of a crime of murder with treachery .
The events occurred at 3:25 a.m. on November 20, 2021, when the now convicted woman entered the old woman’s room with a cushion, with whom she had lived as a live-in caregiver since the summer of 2019, and placed it on the bed. nose in order to suffocate her.
This was recorded on video thanks to a camera installed by his family in his room, the recording of which was exposed to the jury.
The victim, who suffered from an extreme health condition with different pathologies, died moments later due to acute respiratory failure derived from suffocation.
In the resolution, the Chamber has taken into account the situation of special vulnerability of the victim “due to her age and illness” and has also imposed the obligation to pay compensation of 30,000 euros to each of the three children of the deceased .