Overview
- The Audiencia de Barcelona issued a 20‑year prison term for the 2023 killing during a chemsex encounter in a house in Vallgorguina.
- A popular jury had already found the defendant, identified as Aaron James R., guilty and concluded he remained aware of the unlawfulness of his actions.
- The court added five years of supervised release and declined to apply any reduction for acute intoxication, relying on forensic testimony and jury findings.
- A similar outburst during a chemsex session in London 48 hours earlier was treated as an aggravating antecedent showing knowledge of the drugs’ effects.
- The sentence orders compensation to the victim’s family, with media reports placing the total civil liability between roughly €507,000 and €537,000.