The popular jury finds guilty the man who murdered his partner during an esoteric rite in Puente de Vallecas

In a public reading, the jury court read in the presence of the accused the verdict in which he was found guilty of murder, with an aggravating circumstance of cruelty due to the multiple injuries inflicted on the victim. The verdict also shows an incomplete defense for psychological disorders.

Attorney Alberto Ruiz de Alegría García will seek a mistrial given that the jury failed to evaluate a forensic report that determined the defendant had completely nullified his cognitive and volitional faculties.

During the forensic examinations, forensic experts certified that the accused suffered from a psychotic disorder, probably due to the consumption of narcotics, while the National Police officers who visited the home confirmed that he had completely disappeared with a crucifix in his hands that he had made. with sticks and an image of Jesus.

Loss of consciousness

In his statement, Gustavo said that at the time of the events he lost consciousness and did not remember anything that happened, emphasizing that he had never attacked him before and that he had not never wished for his death.

In his statement, the attacker reported having maintained a romantic relationship with the deceased between 2019 and 2021. At the time of the facts, in April 2023, they were no longer a couple although they lived under the same roof. At that time I was using smoked meth and some ketamine.

The accused, who attempted suicide two months ago, denied liking esotericism and magic, which he said attracted the victim and her family. At the crime scene, police found salt scattered on the ground and a book of rituals.

On the night of April 1-2, he used methamphetamine and was at the home. His ex-partner had gone out and arrived at the apartment around six in the morning. “I was in the kitchen and I found a book of rituals behind a board and I got angry. “I argued with him many times and he asked me not to leave the house,” he said.

At some point during the night and after drinking coffee, he started to feel unwell and could no longer feel his hands. “I lost consciousness and I don’t remember anything,” he said, without remembering the attack. “I never wished him dead,” he said.

He regained consciousness a few days later when he was admitted to a psychiatric unit in a Madrid hospital, already knowing what was happening in Soto del Real prison.

Many injured

Gustavo hit and stabbed his partner with a screwdriver in different parts of the head and body. After murdering him, the assassin took his phone to record himself and then released a video on social networks showing how, with one hand, he held a painting with the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and two pieces of wood in the shape of Saint Peter. Cross. “I’m so sorry,” he expressed at the end of the video.

Several officers from the Puente de Vallecas police station came to the house around 7:30 a.m. Then they indicated that Gustavo was under the influence of narcotics. They found Pedro’s body half lying down, blood dripping on the wall and with two screwdrivers stuck in his abdomen and another in one eye. In total, it caused up to 71 injuries, 14 blunt injuries, 3 incised injuries, 30 puncture injuries, 22 sharp incised injuries and 2 other types of injuries. Following the attack, the victim died the same day.

Facts judged

The prosecutor’s letter indicates that following the attack, the victim died the same day, presenting multiple stab wounds, with bleeding from multiple sources, both external and internal, leading to severe volume loss blood and insufficiency of vital functions. illness as the immediate cause of death.

The accused, at the time of the events, was suffering from an unrelated psychotic disorder and a probable psychosis of toxic origin. Gustavo has been deprived of his liberty for this reason since the day of the homicide.

The prosecution, which requires 14 years in prison, adds that in the event that a conviction is handed down and the replacement of the custodial sentence by expulsion is agreed, the custodial sentence will be immediately served in a penitentiary establishment for that the eviction procedures are carried out, which must be carried out as soon as possible and, in any case, within the following thirty days.