The family of Pedro Fernández, the victim, appeals the sentence and asks that the maximum provided for each of those involved be applied
The murder of Pedro Fernández, the father of the Sabadell twins, shocked Catalan society in 2021. The three responsible for the crime, his partner Dolores Vázquez, her partner Pilar Vázquez and her son Isaac Gil , were sentenced to 20, 16 and 17 years in prison respectively, but the victim’s family was not satisfied with this sentence and presented an appeal to the appeal room of the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC ).
The Prosecutor’s Office asked for 24 years for each of the material authors and 24 and a half for the inducer
The public ministry considered that the three defendants acted with premeditation, treachery and treachery, and that they caused great pain to the victim, who died with her throat cut and multiple stab wounds. In addition, he appreciated the aggravating factor of kinship in the case of Dolores Vázquez, who was the romantic partner of Pedro Fernández and the one who planned the crime to get rid of him. For this reason, he requested 24 years in prison for Isaac Gil and Pilar Vázquez, and 24 and a half for Dolores Vázquez.
The lawyer of the victim’s family asks for the maximum planned, 25 years, for all of them
In the appeal hearing held this Tuesday at the Court of Barcelona, the lawyer for the family of Pedro Fernández requested that the prison sentence be increased to the maximum expected, 25 years, for each of the three convicted . According to him, all of them played a key role in the crime and acted with great cruelty. “Dolores was the one who decided when and how to kill Pedro, Pilar was the one who provided the means to do it and Isaac was the one who executed the plan,” explained the lawyer, who emphasized the cold blood with which they acted.
The defense of Dolores Vázquez alleges that she was the victim of abuse by her partner
For her part, Dolores Vázquez’s lawyer asked that her client be acquitted, claiming that she suffered abuse from Pedro Fernández and that this influenced her psychological state. “I’ve never used the abuse as an excuse, but you can’t ignore the calls for help to 112, where three months before he asked the police to help him, and when the officers arrived he told them that nothing was happening, and there was no there was a complaint,” he argued. Regarding the abuses, the lawyers of Pilar Vázquez and Isaac Gil claimed that they knew about them, but they were not corroborated by a close friend of Pedro Fernández, nor by his ex-partner or his daughter.
The court of appeal of the TSJC must decide whether or not to review the sentence
After listening to the parties, the TSJC appeals room has been deliberating and must issue a resolution in the coming days. The decision may imply a modification of the prison sentence imposed on the three convicted for the crime of the Sabadell twins, which moved Catalan society and highlighted gender violence and domestic violence.
