Overview
- Barcelona’s provincial court sentenced Aaron James R. to 20 years for the 2023 Vallgorguina chemsex killing and ordered €537,000 in compensation, with the judge declining drug intoxication as a mitigator based on prior warnings about his behavior.
- The Basque High Court (TSJPV) upheld a 25½‑year term for Nelson David M. B. for a 2021 Bilbao murder by the “mataleón” chokehold tied to robbery and fraud, leaving a possible cassation appeal to the Supreme Court.
- Madrid’s provincial court imposed 33 years on a Serranillos del Valle resident for continued sexual abuse of his partner’s granddaughters between 2020 and 2022, setting a maximum effective prison time of 20 years and noting alleged drugging was not proven.
- Andalusia’s High Court (TSJA) confirmed an 11‑year sentence for a man who abused his five‑year‑old niece in Vélez de Benaudalla, affirming the child’s testimony as sufficient proof beyond reasonable doubt.
- In Argentina, La Plata police officer Jonathan Andrés Peralta was charged with aggravated abduction, aggravated sexual assault with penetration, and aggravated robbery, declined to testify at his inquiry, and remains in custody.