Overview

• A Castellón court imposed 23 years for robbery with violence in concurrence with murder after a jury found the attacker intended to kill a 76-year-old woman in her garage in January 2022.
• The sentence orders €160,000 in compensation to the victim’s five children and €828 in restitution for stolen items, and it can be appealed to the Valencian high court.
• Prosecutors in Barcelona are seeking 19 years for a British defendant accused of fatally stabbing a friend after hours of drug-fueled sex in Vallgorguina in February 2023.
• Jury selection began at the Audiencia de Barcelona, with the prosecution citing intoxication as a mitigating factor and requesting five years of supervised release with drug treatment and sexual-education programs.
• The accused was arrested minutes after the killing and has been in pretrial detention since; prosecutors seek €400,000 for the victim’s minor daughter and additional damages for his parents and sister.