The popular jury of the Provincial Court of Madrid has declared David Bárcena guilty of the crime of murder with the aggravating circumstance of belonging to a criminal organization for the death of Isaac López Triano, the 18-year-old young man who died on July 14, 2021. four stab wounds in a tunnel in the Pacifico neighborhood of the capital.
In a public reading, the jury issued the guilty verdict this afternoon in the presence of the parents of the defendant and the victim. The mother broke down: “It couldn’t be any other way,” she said between sobs and being consoled by relatives.
In the coming weeks, Section Seven will hand down a conviction. In the allegations, the prosecutor has requested that a reviewable permanent prison sentence be imposed, as well as supervised release.
After the verdict was concluded, the room was cleared and the accused left, being escorted by several police officers. A barrier of agents has been placed between the friends of the deceased young man and the defendant to avoid incidents.
The members of the jury consider it proven that the facts are classified as murder when the circumstance of treachery occurs when the crime occurred by surprise without the possibility of defense for the deceased.
Furthermore, they understand that it is proven that he was a member of the Latin band Dominican Don’t Play, an assertion that the Police supported in the videos in which the defendant appeared rapping alongside proven members of the DDP.
The court is not in favor of the suspension of the sentence imposed in the sentence and the pardon. In her final report, the prosecutor requested that he be sentenced to permanent, reviewable prison.
In her last word, Bárcena once again apologized to the mother of the deceased young man and his family for the damage done, demanding a fair sentence from the court. The boy stated in his statement that Isaac provoked him and pulled out a knife, for which he responded by suffering “uncontrollable anger” after the deceased supposedly rebuked him with the phrase: “I shit on your dead people.”
The representative of the Public Ministry and the accusations, carried out by the boy’s family and CERMI, requested that he be convicted of the crime of murder with the aggravating circumstance of belonging to a criminal organization, which entails a permanent prison. The defense demanded that he be punished for the crime of homicide with four years in prison with the mitigating circumstances of late confession, reparation for the damage, outburst and substance addiction.
