The National Police of Burgos arrested a man as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of death threats issued for reasons of discrimination and hatred towards their victim because of their sexual condition.
The events investigated date back to the end of last September and occurred several times in the Plaza Mayor of Burgos. The first time, according to the police report, the victim of these events, a middle-aged man, was around 10:30 p.m. in the company of some friends when an individual approached and began to insult him, apparently without reason. with literal expressions such as: ““Faggy, fucking faggot, I’m going to cut you, I’m going to kill you.”.
The threats were repeated loudly and in public, while the attacker tried to attack himan extreme that did not happen since two friends of the complainant objected and intervened to prevent it from happening.
A few hours later, at dawn, this episode came back be repeated in a very close area and in the same manner, with the alleged perpetrator publicly reproducing out loud various homophobic insults and death threats against the complainant.
Once these facts were examined and the testimonies of the victim and witnesses collected, the investigation concluded with the arrest of this individual, whose behavior is consistent with an offense of serious threats and whose motivation focuses on the sexual condition of the victim. , Who is publicly denigrated with expressions that underlie prejudice and a motivation of hatred for their condition.
This type of behavior is included both in the Criminal Code as well as in the Protocol of Action of Security Forces and Bodies for Hate Crimes and Behaviors that Violate Legal Norms of Discrimination, and of which “polarization indicators” were taken into account to attribute the facts investigated to him.
The inmate has a long criminal record, with approximately 30 backgrounds like theftdamages, mistreatment in the family environment, as well as violations of penalties and various legal claims.
After being presented before the judicial authority, it was decreed a measure of supervised release concerning his victimwhich consists of a ban on approaching and/or communicating with her during the processing of the legal file.
