Overview
- The case concerns an August 2024 attack on a woman in Bueu that left her with life‑threatening injuries including a cerebral hemorrhage, fractured jaw, multiple tooth losses and a long hospital stay.
- During the October 2026 trial forensic doctors and the prison psychiatrist diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia or a delusional disorder and said the defendant’s capacities were annulled at the time of the facts.
- The public prosecutor changed course in court and now requests an eximente completa (complete insanity exculpation) that would result in roughly 14 to 15 years of psychiatric internment plus years of supervised release and compulsory treatment.
- The defendant denies the attack, offers an alibi placing him in Vigo and Cangas, and the defence stresses gaps in the evidence as investigators report no blood in his vehicle and some household sample analyses from 2024 remain pending.
- Family testimony described months of deterioration after the accused stopped taking prescribed medication, the victim said she fears him now, and experts warned that involuntary hospital treatment is needed to reduce the risk of further violence.