Overview
- A Brussels assize jury found Arribas guilty of voluntary, premeditated murder and of possessing sharp objects used as weapons.
- Prosecutors requested a 30-year term, while the defense sought 23 years citing 14 mitigating factors, including a lack of prior convictions.
- The killing took place on October 27, 2022, in Rodríguez’s apartment in central Brussels.
- According to the family’s account, the attack involved 153 stab wounds, highlighting the extreme violence of the crime.
- The sentence is enforceable in Belgium and may only be contested before the Court of Cassation on points of law or procedure, with Arribas having already spent about three years in pretrial detention at Haren prison.