Overview
- Jurors began deliberations after closing arguments in the Sección Quinta of the Provincial Court of Pontevedra in Vigo.
- The prosecution argues the accused fired a 12-gauge shotgun into the victim’s face from less than a meter, calling it an execution and rejecting self-defense.
- Defense maintains the shooting was self-defense driven by fear for the accused and his mother and asks the jury to apply a mitigating circumstance.
- Forensic and ballistics experts testified the shot was fired at very close range and reported gunshot-compatible residues on a doorway bloodstain, inside the shotgun barrel, and on a parked car’s panel, while no test was performed for a defense-claimed salt round.
- Investigators presented prior threatening messages and images between the men, and forensic doctors said the accused tested positive for cocaine, cannabis, and benzodiazepines two days later with only slight impairment of volition.