Logroño (EFE).- The Civil and Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice (TSJ) of La Rioja has confirmed the permanent reviewable prison for Francisco Javier Almeida as the treacherous murderer of Álex, a 9-year-old boy, in the municipality La Rioja de Lardero on October 28, 2021.
As reported this Thursday by the TSJ of La Rioja, in a note, the Civil and Criminal Chamber has fully confirmed the sentence of the Provincial Court, which sentenced Almeida to permanent reviewable prison for the crime of murder of Álex and to 15 years jail for the crime of sexual assault.
The facts were prosecuted by a jury, in the La Rioja Court, last April, which unanimously issued a guilty verdict against the defendant for both crimes.
The Chamber rejected the allegations presented by the defendant’s defense attorney on the 4th, at an oral hearing in Logroño, who requested in his appeal the application of the mitigating factors of confession, damage reparation and that the aggravating circumstance be excluded. of treachery in the crime of little Álex.
The appeal also raised the absence of treachery, understanding that the child’s death was “circumstantial” because the defendant did not “have a preconceived plan to kill” and because, when the death occurred, Almeida “went out looking for help.”
The Chamber has dismantled the arguments of the defense and has concluded in its judgment that his intention was to cause the death of the child and has not considered that it was something accidental or a reckless death.