The Murcia Provincial Court has overturned the ruling of the criminal court No. 2 of Cartagena that sentenced a man to a year and a half in prison for injuring a prostitute who refused to make a cut, because the trial took place without had been subpoenaed to testify as witnesses the two police officers who carried out the measures the case.
The sentence says the Efe seen by the court, in another January 2009, stated as fact that "the defendant engaged the services of a prostitute in Cartagena in the early hours of January 6 and moved in vehicle to his house, located in Mar de Cristal . "
Upon arrival, the reported noted that he had lost the keys to the house, so that "after a while of fruitless searching, they decided to consummate the sex in a nearby vacant lot."
requiring the woman to take her back to Cartagena "since the time allocated for their services had been stretched significantly, the defendant was not in accordance with the request and initiated a discussion regarding the money owed him pay. "
The respondent gave him a 50 euro bill and demanded a refund of part, to what she refused, after which there was a struggle inside the vehicle.
Back in Cartagena, add the sentence, the man turned off the highway to the road between Los Blessed with the intersection of Las Cañas " and, immediately afterwards, drove the injured, who was thrown from the car to the road surface.
The woman suffered injuries that were slow to heal 45 days, what the criminal court convicted the accused of a crime of injury to the penalty of a year and a half in prison and ordered to pay compensation to the victim of 2,479 euros.
Now the Court, accepting an appeal by the defense and annul the sentence, has criticized the attitude of the judge, who dispensed with as witnesses of the civil guards who raised the crowded and witnessed some of the facts.
also requires a retrial with a different judge "to avoid any risk of contamination objective"SOURCE: http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=460650
