Child killer José Bretón receives 40-year sentence

José Bretón, the man recently convicted of murdering his two young children, has been sentenced to a total of 40 years in jail by a judge in Córdoba, Spain on Monday.

Digital Journal reported earlier in July on the conviction of Bretón for murdering his two small children, six-year-old Ruth and two-year-old José.

 

A nine-person jury had declared Bretón guilty, and he was awaiting sentencing for his crime. Now the sentence has passed on Monday in a court in Córdoba, Spain and Bretón will spend 40 years behind bars.

 

The crime caused outrage among the Spanish public and the protracted trial has fueled intense media speculation, but now the case has been put to rest. Reportedly Bretón remained cool and detached during sentencing, as he has been throughout the trial.

While Bretón had originally told police that he lost the two children in a park in October 2011, it was found later than he had drugged them and burned their bodies to hide the evidence.

While the fire was so hot it destroyed DNA evidence, teeth were found in the ashes, which were later identified by forensic experts as belonging to two children, aged two and six years respectively. 

The prosecution presented a case that he killed the children as revenge against his wife, who had recently asked him for a divorce.

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Catalan cop jailed for revenge on tow trucks after own car towed

A policeman in Barcelona had his own car towed away, not once, but twice. He decided to get revenge by fining four municipal tow trucks for allegedly jumping red lights, and now faces a jail sentence and fine for his crime.

On Monday the prosecutor asked for five years in prison for an agent of the Guardia Urbana (urban guard) in Barcelona who had falsely accused four tow trucks of skipping a red light, purely in revenge for his own parking offenses. Turns out he had parked in front of his own home, where parking was illegal.

In court on Monday the accused agent, Francesc C.O., alleged that he did not remember anything because he was sick, and that shortly after the events in question, he was receiving treatment for depression. He said that he was in a difficult emotional rut, after breaking up with his partner.

According to the prosecutor, the accused had acted in retaliation because the municipal tow truck had towed away his vehicle in November 2010 and February 2011 due to illegal parking.

The court stated that in revenge, the man had filed a total of tour penalties against municipal tow trucks between December 2010 and February 2011, accusing each of skipping a red traffic light, despite the fact that this was not the case.

In fact, it turns out that some of the tow trucks were actually parked in garages on the days that the fines were given, while other tow trucks were in a totally different area of the city at the time written on the fine document.

The prosecutor asked for five years imprisonment and disqualification of the agent, for continued perjury in official documentation. It was found that his performance attacks "the public trust" and "confidence of society" as well as the "evidence" of public documents.

The resulting sentence was 18 months in jail, a suspension for a year and a half and a fine of 450 euros.

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