translated from Spanish: Sentenced to 2 of the 3 charged in the trial by “portonazo” to Rafael Araneda

this Thursday the third Court of Oral proceedings in criminal (TOP) Santiago sentenced to two of the three suspects by the “portonazo” driver Rafae suffered l Araneda and his family the year 2017. The TOP capital decided to condemn two subjects for the crime of robbery with intimidation in consummate degree, while the third involved subject was acquitted. The reading of the judgment will take place at the same court, Wednesday 17 April, where prosecutors expected the defendants to receive sentences of 12 years in prison. Felipe Díaz, Chief Prosecutor of the public prosecutor in Criminal analysis and research foci of East Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office, said after the decision that “we are satisfied with the verdict of time we the conviction of three judges (…)” “two of the three subjects, and there is also a vote of minority, giving account that one of the three judges is also convinced of the participation of the third of the accused”. In addition, the Marauder appreciated the collaboration of police, of the PDI, the communal defense of Vitacura and “mainly from the victim (Araneda), that is, the willingness to be part of the process, to inform the development of the different stages, and then appear to” trial and deliver to give his version of the facts, are key elements that are those who contribute to the conviction by the Court.” Consulted about whether they will appeal to the decision to acquit the accused third, Diaz explained that “the idea is reviewing the ruling in detail and then take decisions regarding the steps to be followed, analyzing the relevance of an appeal for annulment”. On the other hand, explained that “the Prosecutor’s office is invoking aggravating circumstances, what is called specific recidivism, that is, that the subject has been convicted in the past for offences of the same nature (portonazos or robbery with intimidation)”, so expect that the two convicts are sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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