The lawyer for the young woman’s family Valentina Cancela said yes Underlined that in the four days of assessment More than 40 witnesses will testify, including technicians and forensic experts, and videos and audio will be played. The trial begins this Thursday, February 1st and ends on February 6th.
According to Martín Etcheverry, the verdict will be announced at the end of the month. “I believe that we will be able to show what we wanted and that we will be able to reduce (…) the defense measures of the other party, which are essentially based on the quality of the minor, “Based on the confession and the consequences, “that this can be a shame,” he said. And he added: “We already know that they will not give him the ten years that the prosecution requested.”
The 17-year-old teenager was murdered by her ex-boyfriend on Brava Beach in Punta del Este last August. The 17-year-old femicide was the one who took police to the place where he buried the teenager’s body.
Because he was a minor at the time of the crime Femicidethe juvenile can be punished with a maximum prison sentence of ten years.