For the prosecution, the grandfather who killed his grandson overdid his defense

The attorney general of Bahía Blanca, Juan Pablo Fernández, defended the release granted to the former soldier who murdered his grandson with five bullets. Fernández stated that there was an excess in self-defense since the young man had beaten him moments before, although he clarified that “further investigation” should be carried out to see if the legal qualification “changes or is maintained.” In this case, in the case of a person of legal age, on the one hand, and a young man who had beaten him before with a clean hand, the prosecutor understands that self-defense would concur but that there would be an excess because there were five shots, “explained to Télam the representative of the Public Ministry regarding the legal situation of the accused. Prosecutor Jorge Viego granted him freedom after charging him with the crime of “homicide qualified by the link and for being committed with a firearm, having exceeded the legitimate defense he was exercising,” to the detriment of his grandson. “The crime was classified as homicide in self-defense, which is why the corresponding penalty according to article 35 of the Criminal Code is the one that contemplates a penalty of 1 to 5 years in prison, therefore the defendant was not asked to arrest since the crime is not detainable,” Fernandez said.” We must continue to investigate and analyze the fact and the circumstances that motivated the young man to be there through the testimonies, etc. to see if the qualification changes or is maintained,” he concluded.

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