Overview
- The trial over the August 2022 killing of a 21-year-old moved to deliberation after the defendant gave his final statement and the jurado popular was sequestered in a Málaga hotel.
- Prosecutors presented forensic testimony that DNA matching José Jurado Montilla was found on the zipper of the victim’s backpack and said that link is central to their case.
- The accused, known as Dinamita Montilla, has repeatedly denied involvement and told the court he never went to the area and does not know how his DNA could have reached the backpack zipper.
- The victim, a 21-year-old student described in court as an excellent pupil, was killed on a finca in Los Montes de Málaga while visiting his grandparents in August 2022.
- A unanimous jury verdict will decide responsibility and the judge will set any sentence afterward; prosecutors seek prison terms and the defense has said it will appeal if convicted.