11/27/2021 at 08:44 CET
Ignacio Cabanes
Two of the alleged perpetrators of the violent death of Dani Menjíbar, the former television show contestant 'Women and men and vice versa' (Myhyv) murdered in Torrent in July 2020, sat on the dock this Friday. Its about two younger twin brothers, arrested at the time for allegedly beating the victim and stab him twice along with two other young people, who had already reached the age of majority when the crime occurred and who will be tried by a popular court.
The two minors face measures ranging from seven years of confinement in a closed regime for a murder crime with aggravation of the abuse of superiority, requested by the Public Ministry, at the age of fourteen he requested the private prosecution for the crimes of homicide - to appreciate treason - and robbery with violence with the use of a dangerous instrument, since they seized a Tommy Hilfiger watch valued at 150 euros. In both cases, the internment measure would be accompanied by another five years of probation with educational assistance.
The two brothers yesterday denied before the juvenile judge that they had participated in the assault on Dani Menjíbar, 31, it happened in the early morning of Friday, July 11, 2020 after an argument inside a pub in the Centro Comercial de las Américas de Torrent. Both admit to being with the other two young men processed at the premises, but did not clarify the reasons for the discussion with the victim.
In fact, one of them claimed who was in the bathroom at the time vomitingAnd when he left, he saw people running, including his brother, and he went after them to see what happened. And when he saw the police, he threw a knife he was carrying to the ground because he was afraid. "That night I had a knife because I use it at work, cutting the feed packages for the chickens, and I forgot to leave it at home," argued the defendant.
Dani Menjíbar was 31 years old when he suffered the fatal assault. |
DNA is inconclusive
The National Police found at the scene of the events, at the confluence between Avenida del Vedat and Avenida Reina Sofía de Torrent, two bladed weapons. the DNA report found a profile of one of the accused minors on the handles of one of them, but curiously in which there is no remainder of the victim to establish that it was used in the fatal stabbing. While in the other, which did have blood from the deceased, there is no DNA from any of the four processed.
However, the prosecutor maintains that both the two minors and the two young people - who will have to be tried by a popular jury - they attacked the victim with blows and a knife when he tried to escape on foot to avoid the confrontation with these after a previous discussion inside where "they had a few words", the content of which has not been clarified by the witnesses.
They would have taken advantage of the young man's condition, which had reduced his chances of defending himself due to having ingested alcohol and cocaine. Hence, the private prosecution values the circumstance of treason and speaks of murder, since the defendants took advantage of their situation of helplessness.
"They were all behind him trying to hit him, they were chasing him like he was prey"stated one of the witnesses. Another witness testified at trial that he was beaten for about five minutes when Daniel was lying on the ground, totally defenseless. The former 'Myhyv' died as a result of the two stab wounds presented, one on the back and the another, mortal by necessity, straight to the heart.
