Iulian S.O, a 48-year-old Romanian national, yesterday ended the life of the cook at the Mas d’Enric prison and then committed suicide. The man who was assigned to the prison kitchen as part of his reintegration plan brandished a knife and the head of the kitchen, Núria L., also 48 years old and who was a professional hired by the Center for Initiatives, stabbed him. for the Reinsertion of the Department of Justice. The attack against the cook was similar to the murder she committed in 2016 and for which she was serving time.
In April 2016, in Valls, where the accused lived, he met a prostitute with whom he had fallen in love and after an argument he stabbed her to death. The sentence handed down by the Court of Tarragona in 2018 after the inculpatory verdict of a popular jury declared proven that “when the accused and the victim met in the dining room of the home, she sitting in a chair and the accused in a black armchair, An argument began between the two during which, Iulian got up, proceeded to go to the kitchen where he grabbed a kitchen knife and returned to the dining room where, quickly and surprisingly, he lunged at the woman causing her to fall to the dining room floor. where, placing himself on top of her and holding her, he continued hitting her with the knife, directing his attacks towards the victim’s neck, eventually cutting her throat as a result of the continuous stabbings that were made.”
After committing the crime, the accused turned himself in at a Valls Local Police station. The Court sentenced him to 11 years in prison for murder, but applied a mitigating circumstance of drunkenness because he had consumed alcohol when he committed the crime and another for having confessed. He was due to be released from prison in April 2027. Since he committed the crime he was imprisoned in the Mas d’Enric penitentiary center and due to his good behavior he had been assigned to the kitchen where he participated in the preparation of the daily meal along with other prisoners. trustworthy. For reasons that are unknown, yesterday around 5 p.m. he attacked the head chef when she was in the cold room. She then committed suicide by cutting her throat. The judicial procession carried out the removal of the bodies between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. The Mossos d’Esquadra of the Criminal Investigation Division of Tarragona have taken charge of the investigations.
The Minister of Justice Gemma Ubasart together with the Secretary of Penal Measures went to the Tarragona prison yesterday to inquire about what happened. This Thursday they participated in a minute of silence and ordered the prison flags to fly at half-mast. “We want to accompany the workers, show them our encouragement and reiterate our condolences to family and friends for this sad and serious incident,” she explained in a media address.
For prison unions, the murder of a prison services worker is the culmination of the escalation of attacks suffered by officials. In a joint statement from all the organizations they denounced that the crime is “the tragic result of erratic policies far removed from penitentiary reality.” This Thursday they gathered in front of the Ministry of Justice to protest the lack of protection by the Generalitat, a call that has led to police charges and confrontations with the Mossos d’Esquadra. The protesters gathered at the doors of the Department and tried to break into the building through the revolving doors at the entrance, forcing the agents to deploy to prevent them.
