Three years in prison for attackers of old man’s house in Majorca acquitted after killing a

The presiding judge of the Jury Court pronounced the conviction of the three accused responsible for the violent robbery in the house of the old man from Majorca, Pau Rigo, acquitted. after killing one of the thieves in the town of Porreres in 2018.

Following the verdict of the jury court, the sentence acquitted of the crime of homicide the man who killed one of the thieves during the robbery of his home.

The resolution sentences the three accused to three years in prison for having committed the theft, all having the aggravating circumstance of disguise and the mitigating circumstance of excessive delay. More precisely, two of the attackers are visible mitigate partial repair of damage; and for the third aggressor, the mitigating circumstance analogous to confession. The sentence also requires them to compensatejointly with the victim of the theft for an amount of 15,000 euros.

On the other hand, the thief who entered the house with his brother was also sentenced to 2 months and 29 days of permanent detention for the crime of injury and must compensate the victim of the theft to the tune of 25,500 euros.

The Palma court thus notified the sentence and sentenced each of the three responsible for the theft to three years in prison, which is equivalent to the sentence of Freddy Escobar, the brother of the deceased attacker, with that of the two other perpetrators, who had admitted the facts and reached an agreement in agreement with the prosecution.

Concerning Paul Rigohas already been found innocent of the robber’s death by the verdict of the jury, which ruled that he had acted in self-defense in shooting Mauricio Escobar. The court considers that the verdict is “logical and rational”.

Eight days ago the popular jury declared Pau Rigo innocent, who in a first trial was acquitted in December 2023, but later the Superior Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands ordered the repetition of the trial granting to a call from the Prosecutor’s Office.

The jury understood that Rigo shot in defense of his life against real and imminent danger and that he had no other choice.
During the trial, Rigo assured that the attackers had hit him several times and that he feared for his life and that of his wife. “Until he decides to do something, defend me.”

During his interrogation, Rigo, who at the time of the events was 78 years old, reported having been approached by two thieves (brothers, including the deceased), who hit him at different times during the attack. This, coupled with the fact that he suspected they were after more money than him and that he had recently suffered another violent robbery at his home, made him fear for his life and that of his wife, he said. he pointed out.