Overview
- The Redondela case is now at the written‑accusation stage after the public prosecutor filed a provisional indictment seeking 34 years for Roberto Carlos G. F. for the January 31, 2025 killing of José Augusto and the near‑fatal stabbing of his partner.
- In Redondela the Fiscalía says threatening WhatsApp audio messages preceded a confrontation in which the accused allegedly used a large knife to stab the victim and seriously wound his partner, and investigators have not recovered the knife the indictment describes.
- The A Coruña trial began after a forensic autopsy ruled the victim’s death was caused by mechanical strangulation, and the prosecution is seeking about 26 years while three of the victim’s children have joined as private accusers and described a history of abuse.
- Defendants in both trials deny the prosecutions’ accounts: the Redondela defendant says he acted in self‑defense and the A Coruña defendant says the woman fell from the bed and that videos he recorded showed alcohol problems rather than an attack.
- Both cases show how digital evidence and family testimony shape modern homicide trials in Spain, with juries weighing WhatsApp audios, phone videos, autopsy findings and unresolved gaps such as a missing weapon that could affect final sentences and civil claims.