The woman accused of causing the deadly fire that occurred in ses Païsses (Ibiza) in August 2023, in which an elderly man died totally dependent, denied Monday having set fire to the home of the victim, father of her then partner. Her statement marks the beginning of the final stretch of the jury trial, in which the prosecution requests for her the penalty of permanent revisable imprisonment for an alleged crime of murder and another of arson.
“I did not go to the victim’s house that early morning.”
The accused only responded to the questions of her lawyer, Cándido Valladolid, and strongly rejected all the accusations. She acknowledged that in the early morning of August 3, 2023, at 01.05 hours, she left her home, but insisted that she did not go to the house where the two elderly people she was taking care of were staying.
According to her, it was usual for her to go for walks at that time because she felt safer at night, after having suffered an attempted hit-and-run by her ex-partner. She also denied that she had had conflicts with the victim’s daughters, that she had asked for money from the family or that she called herself a “referent” and responsible for the family after her partner’s suicide attempt days before the fire.
A fire with one fatality
The Jury Court of the Provincial Court judges the woman for her alleged involvement in the fire that broke out in the family home in August 2023. Inside slept two elderly people under her care.
According to the prosecution, one of them was totally dependent and could not leave the house when the flames spread, which caused his death. The Public Prosecutor’s Office maintains that the fire was intentionally set and that the defendant is responsible for the incident, for which it requests the most severe penalty of the Penal Code.
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The final phase of the trial
The trial began last week and is now facing its final sessions following the defendant’s testimony. In the next few days, the parties will present their conclusions and the jury will have to deliberate on the guilt or innocence of the woman.
Meanwhile, the defendant maintains her defense based on the total denial of the facts and claims to have had no involvement in the fire that took the life of the elderly man.
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