The psychological and psychiatric reports prepared by the man accused of killing his wife in May 2022 in Los Cristianos (Tenerife) reflect that it has all the characteristics of suffering from paranoia how are the mistrust, insecurity, suspicion, narcissistic behavior and acting impulsively and explosively but also that it has control capacity.
In a new trial session With a jury that is held in the Provincial Court of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Prosecutor’s Office asks for this man 22 years in prison, 10 of probation and the payment of 100,000 euros to each of the daughters.
The accusations They agree that he acted treasonously, that it is an episode of gender violence and with the aggravating circumstance of kinship.
In this Wednesday’s session, the experts have agreed that paranoia does not prevent him from discerning between what is right and what is wrong and he has the ability to control himself if he wanted to.
He accusedaccording to experts, tends to blame others, in this case the victim, both from Vigo, with whom he had been married for almost 60 years and this delusional disorder could lead to compulsive action but does not reach the point of being a psychopath.
Seven stab wounds are counted, three in the rib cage and the rest in the left lung
The experts did not detect any type of delirium, of mental deterioration, but they did detect a depression that they do not consider chronic but rather the result of the situation he experienced and of remaining in jail.
Likewise, he tends to lie to himself to justify his actions and has macho traits so that, from his point of view, a woman must meet all the requirements to always do what he says.
Even the numerous episodes of violence towards the wife and daughters would be their fault. “Obviously he knew what he was doing and it could be controlled”the reports conclude.
He toxicological expert A maximum of 0.4 milligrams of alcohol was found in the defendant’s blood, which is equivalent to drinking two glasses of wine, which did not affect his behavior and the DNA samples found traces of both on the scissors and on the handle of the knife. , probably because of the woman’s attempts to defend herself. Only remains of the victim were found on the blade of this last weapon.
The major organs damaged they were the heart and the left lung and a total of seven stab wounds were recorded, three in the ribcage and the rest in the left lung, although another nine were also found in the neck that are superficial and would correspond to the first attack using the scissors and in the left arm two others that are attributed to an attempt to avoid the attack.
The man would have acted treasonously
The expert could not confirm the time it took the victim to die, but the agony could have lasted for several minutes and the blood found on the pillow would show that she was lying down, which would reinforce the aggravating factor that the man had acted treasonously..
In her final conclusions, the defense lawyer asks that it be taken into account that it is not a murder, but a homicide, that she has deposited 83,000 euros to face the civil responsibilities of his daughters and that he acted under the effects of a mental anomaly or alteration.
Thus He is prone to a ten-year sentence and the payment of 31,800 euros to each of his descendants. The Prosecutor’s Office, however, qualified that the deposit of the money was not voluntary, but at the request of the Court.
