The National Court has agreed to repeat the trial, with a different court, for six defendants accused of forming a jihadist cell in Inca, who were acquitted of alleged crimes of terrorist indoctrination and recruitment.

The Fifth Section of the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands has upheld Vithas Sanidad's right to acquire shares in the Juaneda clinic on a preferential basis, in a ruling that strengthens its position within the healthcare group in the Islands. The judgment dismisses the appeals filed by various parties—including the Juaneda clinic itself and Grendon Investments—and ratifies the previous decision of the Commercial Court No. 2 of Palma, albeit with different legal reasoning. Specifically, the court recognizes that Vithas correctly exercised its preferential acquisition right over a total of 256,497 shares that had been acquired by Grendon Investments following a capital increase approved in 2022. Consequently, the ruling obliges Grendon to transfer these shares. It must also transfer any other shares it may obtain in future capital increases under the same conditions.

A young woman accused her father on Tuesday of raping and abusing her for nearly a decade in Mallorca. The victim recounted her story in court at the Balearic Islands Provincial Court. The prosecution is seeking a 20-year prison sentence and €40,000 in compensation for the man, who is accused of three counts of domestic abuse and one count of continuous sexual assault. During her testimony, the victim stated that "since she was old enough to understand," her father behaved aggressively toward her and her siblings. "He would hit us at the slightest provocation. I had makeup exams and didn't want to study. He made me kneel and hit me on the legs with a bamboo cane," she recalled, referring to one of the many episodes of abuse that allegedly occurred between 2014 and 2022. Over the years, the abuse escalated into frequent sexual assaults between 2016 and 2022, when she was between 10 and 16 years old. "He would tell me to get over there, spread my legs, and penetrate me," she stated. The young woman, now 22, said she cannot remember the exact number of times her father raped her. She indicated that she didn't tell anyone what happened until later because she was afraid of him. "I was afraid he would hit me," she said.

Dozens of people gathered this Tuesday outside the courthouse on Vía de Alemania in Palma to show their support for those facing charges for trying to stop the eviction of a family with children in 2022. The legal proceedings, known as the Barraquer case, were resolved with a plea agreement that avoided a trial. The charge was resisting authority. The demonstration was organized by the Palma Housing Union (SHP), whose members displayed a banner with the slogan "Repression will only make us stronger" and chanted slogans such as "No people without homes, no homes without people."

The Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands has sentenced the man accused of murder to 13 years in prison. your romantic partner in the Coanegra stream in Palma, events that date back to December 2024.

The mother of the baby girl who was thrown into a dumpster in Portocristo in November 2023 told a friend on the phone days later that she "should have thrown her in the countryside" at the time of birth. During Wednesday's jury trial at the Provincial Court, several phone calls intercepted from the mother days after she gave birth to the 26-week-old baby were played. "I should have had her here and thrown her in the countryside," she tells the other person, who insists that she not go to the police station until the baby's autopsy is performed. "We did it wrong," the defendant insists to the other person, who tells her that the baby had no chance of surviving and refers to a neighbor's call to 112 (the Spanish emergency number) who became suspicious of the baby's uncle after seeing him loitering around the dumpsters. The mother recounts how the fetus "came out whole" in the car.

The baby thrown into a container in Portocristo in November 2023 had a pulse upon arrival at Levante Hospital, although this could have been due to the resuscitation efforts being performed. In Tuesday's session of the jury trial at the Provincial Court against the child's mother, her brother-in-law, and her sister, a nurse who attended to the newborn at the hospital recalled that the baby's heart was beating, although he insisted that this could have been due to the resuscitation efforts undertaken by all those involved upon confirming the newborn's non-viability. The first to testify was a doctor who, in similar terms, indicated that the baby had oxygen in its blood, although it was already separated from the placenta, which can be considered a sign of vitality. "It's possible that it was alive, but whether it was viable is another matter, especially with the resources available at Levante Hospital," she noted. At the start of the hearing, the presiding judge informed the jury that the baby's mother was hospitalized and had expressed her desire to waive her right to be present at the trial. The mother and the baby's uncle were again in the dock, with the prosecution requesting life imprisonment with the possibility of parole for the latter as alleged perpetrators of murder. The mother's sister-in-law is also accused and faces a fine of €5,400 for allegedly failing to render aid. According to the prosecutor's indictment, the events occurred on November 3, 2023, when the woman, 26 or 27 weeks pregnant, became involved in a car accident in which she was traveling with the other two defendants. After giving birth, and despite being in the vicinity of a hospital, the baby's mother handed the newborn's body over to the man because he threw it into a nearby dumpster and they fled the scene.

The jury trial for the death of the baby thrown into a container in Portocristo in 2023 began this Friday at the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands. the formation of a new jury.

A man denied in court on Thursday that he raped a minor he contacted through social media to help her with her homework. He claimed he was in a romantic relationship with the 13-year-old at the time of the alleged incident, and that their sexual relations were always consensual. He appeared at the trial held Thursday in the Second Section of the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands, where he attributed the accusation to the influence of the girl's mother, who was unaware of the relationship. "There was not a single time I forced her," he asserted. The victim, for her part, denied having a romantic relationship with the alleged perpetrator, stating that it was only a friendship. The young woman, who recently turned 18, explained that on the day of the incident, she went to the man's home for help with her homework and that the sexual assault occurred shortly afterward. "We were on the sofa and he jumped on top of me. I froze," she said. The prosecution is requesting a seven-year prison sentence and €4,000 in compensation as the alleged perpetrator of a sexual abuse crime. According to the prosecutor's indictment, the events date back to August 2021, when the accused contacted the victim, who was 13 years old at the time, through a well-known social network. Despite knowing her age, the man maintained contact with her. In May 2022, he offered to help her with her English homework and invited her to his home in Palma. There, after they finished their schoolwork, he began to subject the minor to inappropriate touching and then raped her. The victim, deeply traumatized, told her mother what had happened a month later, and they reported the incident to the National Police.

A man accused two National Police officers on Monday of beating him while they were arresting him for an alleged incident of gender-based violence. The First Section of the Provincial Court is trying both officers and the victim, who is also accused of assaulting the officers during an incident that occurred on April 14, 2021, in Palma. The hearing began with the testimony of the victim's alleged partner, who is also accused of assault and causing damage to the officers. The man admitted that he had an argument with his partner that night, although he denied that she assaulted or threatened him. At that point, they went their separate ways, although she called emergency services (112), which the man learned later. Shortly afterward, he encountered a group of National Police officers. "I thought it was a raid or that they were going to fine me for not wearing a mask, but one of them, very agitated, told me, 'I'll teach you to respect women,' and started hitting me with his baton," he explained. He claimed he could only cover himself to protect himself from the blows. "They wouldn't tell me anything. I told them I'd let them arrest me, but to stop hitting me," he stated. The prosecution is requesting that both officers be sentenced to 11 months in prison for assault and that the third defendant receive a sentence of three years and two months for assault, property damage, and resisting arrest. According to the prosecutor's indictment, the events occurred on the night of March 14, 2021, when several police patrols were dispatched to a street in Palma after receiving a report of a possible case of gender-based violence.

The jury has found the defendant guilty of homicide for fatally stabbing an intruder who broke into his property to steal marijuana plants in Inca in September 2020. The three other men who were with the deceased also received a guilty verdict for attempted robbery.

Of the nearly 4,000 lawyers registered in the Balearic Islands, approximately 700—17.5%—are on duty. These are the lawyers who guide, assist, advise, and defend those eligible for free legal aid at any time of day, a right reserved for individuals who meet certain income thresholds and belong to vulnerable groups. All of these lawyers combine their duty counsel with private practice. The 87 to 150 euros they receive for a 24-hour shift in jurisdictions such as gender violence or criminal cases do not allow for full-time dedication. "We are driven by a vocation of service to the public, because it is very poorly paid," confirms Carmen López, Vice Dean of the Balearic Islands Bar Association (ICAIB) and head of the duty counsel service. She herself, with 34 years of experience, practices in criminal and juvenile law. "For me, the experience is very enriching; each case is a challenge," she says about the possibility of defending minors, a branch of law almost exclusively handled by public defenders.

The jury trial of the man accused of killing one of the assailants who broke into his home to steal marijuana plants began this Monday at the Provincial Court of Palma. The prosecutor asserted in the first session that "there is more than enough evidence for a conviction" and maintained that there is no dispute that the accused caused the victim's death. The hearing began after 1 p.m., following the selection of the jury, which will determine the guilt or innocence of both the homeowner, accused of homicide, and the other three men, charged with attempted robbery. The prosecution is requesting a 15-year prison sentence for the homeowner and 11 months for each of the three assailants. It is also seeking approximately €157,000 in compensation for the victim's family. During the preliminary hearing and the reading of the initial reports, the prosecutor emphasized that "the fact that the accused killed a person is not in dispute" and that the evidence presented supports a conviction. The defense attorneys for the mother, sister, and father of the deceased young man went further, arguing that the events constitute not manslaughter, but murder, based on two aggravating circumstances: surprise and cruelty. They argued that the victim was attacked from behind and received "a large number of stab wounds" until he bled to death. "It wasn't a three-on-one situation, but rather an unarmed person who was surprised and repeatedly stabbed," stated the lawyer for the young man's father.

The main defendants in the Luxury Casa real estate fraud case were sentenced to a combined total of almost 28 years in prison. The Second Section of the Provincial Court handed down a sentence of 14 years and nine months. Carlos García Roldán, known as Charlyand considered the ringleader for the crimes of aggravated fraud, membership in a criminal organization, fraudulent insolvency, and money laundering. His partner, Michelle Pilato, was also sentenced to nine years in prison for aggravated fraud, membership in a criminal organization, and money laundering, and the alleged builder received a four-year sentence for membership in a criminal organization and as an accomplice in the crimes. The court acquitted three other defendants.

The First Section of the Provincial Court of Palma will try two men next Thursday accused of sexually assaulting a minor who, at the time, was between 14 and 15 years old and under the guardianship of the Administration in Mallorca. A third defendant in the same case will not be in the dock because he is currently a fugitive. According to the indictment from the Public Prosecutor's Office, the events occurred between the summer of 2019 and February 2020. During this period, the minor was allegedly the victim of at least three sexual assaults: two allegedly committed by one of the defendants and a third attributed to the second defendant. The Prosecutor's Office is requesting a 12-year prison sentence for each of the men as alleged perpetrators of two counts of sexual assault against a minor under 16 years of age. Furthermore, the prosecution is demanding that they jointly compensate the victim with a total of €30,000 and that a restraining order be imposed on them for 12 years with respect to the victim, who is now an adult. The first assault allegedly occurred when the minor stayed overnight for several days at the home of one of the defendants, on an unspecified date. According to the prosecution, one morning, when the young woman woke up, the man was lying next to her and propositioned her for sex. When the minor refused, the accused allegedly touched her inappropriately and attempted to rape her. On a second occasion, with the same man, the victim was in a bar when the accused turned off the establishment's security cameras and forced her into a storage room where he had set up a bed. There, he allegedly attempted to rape her again, but was unsuccessful because another person entered the bar asking for him. The third sexual assault attributed to the second defendant also allegedly began in a bar, where the two met. They later went to the defendant's home, where, according to the prosecutor's account, he forced the minor into one of the bathrooms and raped her. The third defendant, also under investigation for the same events, will not be tried at this hearing as he is currently a fugitive.

The woman accused of the deadly fire in Les Països (Ibiza), in which an elderly man lost his life, has denied that she approached the home of the victim, her partner's father, in the early hours of August 3, 2023, and set it on fire. The jury trial enters its final stage this Monday with the defendant's testimony, for whom the prosecution is seeking a life sentence with the possibility of parole, and the reading of the parties' reports. The woman only answered questions posed by her lawyer, Cándido Valladolid, and denied all the accusations against her. However, she did acknowledge leaving her home that night at 1:05 a.m., but denied going to the victim's house.

In early 2020, at least four officers of the National Police Corps infiltrated several social movements linked to Catalan independence. Using false identities, Maria Perelló infiltrated in Girona; Ramon Martínez, in Valencia; and Daniel Hernández and Marc Hernández, in Barcelona. All were part of the 33rd graduating class of the Ávila Police Academy and operated under the orders of the General Information Commissariat (CGI). For more than two years, the four officers shared assemblies, debates, demonstrations, friendships, and also sexual and romantic relationships with people committed to Catalan independence, the right to housing, or environmentalism.

The daughter of the man who died in the house fire in Les Països (Ibiza) in August 2023 testified this Tuesday at the Palma Provincial Court. She had already warned that the accused, who was her brother's partner at the time, "was a dangerous woman." "Since she came into our lives, my brother attempted suicide and my father was murdered," she stated before the jury.

The prosecutor in charge of the case of the woman accused of murdering a vulnerable elderly man in her care in 2023 in Ibiza has stated that the defendant "knew perfectly well what she was doing at the time of the events" and that she intended to carry it out, despite suffering from schizoaffective disorder. In a trial that began this Monday at the Balearic Islands Provincial Court, following the formation of the jury that will judge her, prosecutor Mamen Navarro explained that, based on forensic analysis, the woman, despite suffering from a mental disorder, was fully aware of what she was doing, as was the victim. The prosecution is seeking a life sentence with the possibility of parole, as is the private prosecution brought by the deceased's family, against ICN, who allegedly murdered a vulnerable elderly man in August by setting fire to his house, where two other people were present but managed to escape the flames alive.

The jury trial against the mother and uncle of a baby who died after being thrown into a dumpster in Portocristo in November 2023 will begin next Monday after the jury has been convened.