Around 200,000 people were awaiting the resolution of a judicial case at the end of 2025, a figure that practically doubles the waiting lists for public healthcare and remains stable compared to the previous year.

The woman sentenced to revisable life imprisonment for the case of the baby found in a container in Portocristo has already been arrested. Officers located her this Wednesday afternoon in Manacor, after almost two weeks of being a missing person.

The case of the baby found dead in a dumpster in Portocristo in November 2023 has reached a verdict. The jury at the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands unanimously found the mother and her brother-in-law guilty of the infant's death. According to the court, both acted knowing the baby had been born alive and yet decided to abandon him in a dumpster without seeking any assistance. The jury concluded that this decision was made with the intention of causing his death. The events took place after a birth inside a vehicle, in which the mother's sister and brother-in-law were also traveling. The newborn was subsequently thrown into a dumpster on a street in Portocristo. A witness alerted the local police, who took the baby to a hospital, where his death was confirmed. The third defendant, the mother's sister, was found guilty of failing to provide assistance, as the jury determined that she was aware of the baby's extremely dangerous situation and did nothing, even though she could have. Following the verdict, the prosecution maintains its request for life imprisonment with the possibility of parole for the mother and her brother-in-law for murder with the aggravating circumstance of kinship. The final decision on sentencing will rest with the judge, who will issue the sentence in the coming days. The session was marked by the absence of the main defendant, who did not appear for the reading of the verdict. In response, the judge issued an arrest warrant for her. Meanwhile, the brother-in-law was remanded in custody after the hearing held this Sunday.

The prosecution accuses the former head of the Otorhinolaryngology Service of the Son Espases University Hospital in Palma of manslaughter due to gross negligence and requests a two-year prison sentence for the death of Joan Comes, the former mayor of Sa Pobla, following an operation.

The presiding judge of the Jury Court of the Provincial Court of Palma dissolved the jury in the trial for the death of a baby who was thrown into a dumpster in Portocristo (Mallorca) and decided to suspend the proceedings indefinitely. The decision, according to the High Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands (TSJIB), was made due to doubts raised regarding the competence of an expert witness who testified at the request of the defendants' lawyers. The judge considered that the only piece of evidence presented by the defense, this report, could not be considered valid evidence, given that the Criminal Procedure Law requires that the person preparing the report hold an official qualification. Therefore, she considered that the trial could not continue, as the defense would be left without evidence and the principle of equality of arms, as well as the right to a defense and effective judicial protection guaranteed by the Spanish Constitution, would be violated.

The jury trial for the death of the baby abandoned in a manure container in Portocristo may be suspended and has been postponed until next Wednesday after the judge reported that one of the expert witnesses who testified on Tuesday may not have the required medical qualifications. The expert in question, Carlos Cuadrado Gómez-Serranillos, previously convicted of fraud in the sale of training courses, testified at the request of the defense for the baby's mother. died in November 2023 shortly after birthSeveral local media outlets reported that his medical degree might not be valid, which created uncertainty about the validity of his statement.