Overview
- Santi Laiglesia left Brians 1 prison on Thursday after the Audiencia de Barcelona granted his appeal against pretrial detention.
- Judges ordered precautionary measures requiring him to surrender his passport, obtain authorization to leave Spain, and report to court monthly.
- The ruling accepts the forensic DNA report as incriminatory while noting the trace is contested and its weight will be decided at trial.
- The panel cited the long passage of time, his consistent court appearances, and strong social, family, and work ties in rejecting a flight-risk finding.
- He remains under investigation in the 2001 killing, after an examining judge had jailed him on new DNA indicia and potential witness-influence concerns, positions still backed by prosecutors and the victim’s family.