Life imprisonment for the man who killed his mother-in-law in Colonia de Sant Jordi: "It is an inhuman crime"

PalmThe popular jury of the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands has found guilty the man accused of beating his mother-in-law to death in the Mallorcan town of La Colònia de Sant Jordi in September 2024, a crime they have considered "inhumane". The members of the popular tribunal have agreed on the verdict in just a few hours, given that it was this very midday when they were left incommunicado to deliberate.

Shortly before 7 p.m., in the presence of the accused, the jury spokesperson read the verdict, which unanimously found him guilty of causing the death by blows of his mother-in-law. The jury members unanimously considered it proven that the accused approached the victim outside the house where they lived, threw her to the ground with force, and kicked her numerous times in the head, causing her death. He did so, according to the verdict, with the aim of "punishing" his ex-partner through the death of her mother and causing her "unnecessary and inhuman" suffering.

Furthermore, the members of the popular jury considered it proven that he committed the crime from a position of "control and contempt towards the woman" and against a woman who, due to her age and medical history, was "extremely fragile".

Upon appreciating the victim's helplessness and the treachery with which the crime was committed, the jury has considered that the facts should be legally qualified as murder and not as manslaughter. The mitigating circumstance of alcoholic intoxication does not concur, in their opinion.

After hearing the verdict, the Public Prosecutor's Office has raised the penalty request from 25 years to a permanently reviewable prison sentence, the same as that requested by the lawyer representing the victim's family.