The agents of the Guardia Civil who carried out the first ocular inspection after the fire registered on August 3, 2023 in ses Païsses (Ibiza), where an elderly disabled man died, consider that the accused tried to provoke the explosion of a car to fuel the fire. This is what they have declared this Thursday during the session of the jury trial held at the Provincial Court of Palma.
As they explained, during that first inspection carried out to secure the area and collect evidence of criminality, they were struck by the presence of several cushions resting next to the gas tank of a vehicle located in the garage of the house. This finding, “curious and relevant”, was far from the rest of the sources of the fire and pointed, in their opinion, to a possible attempt to blow up the car. In spite of it, they have pointed out that the pillows did not burn.
An accusation of murder and permanent reviewable imprisonment
The Jury Court has been trying since last Monday a woman accused of setting fire to the house where two elderly people she was taking care of were sleeping. The Prosecutor’s Office maintains that the defendant set the fire intentionally and claims for her the penalty of permanent revisable imprisonment for a crime of murder and another of arson.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office recalls that one of the victims, an elderly and totally dependent man, was unable to leave the house by his own means and died in the flames. The other person managed to survive.
More sessions and expert witness statements
During Thursday’s hearing, the agents reiterated that the evidence found in the garage reinforced the thesis of a deliberate act. The trial will continue in the coming days with the testimony of new witnesses and experts before the popular jury is in charge of issuing its verdict.
