Author: MONICA IRAGO
The utility company blamed the defendant for breaking the deadline established by the Covid protocol
He president and supervisor of the judo club in Cambados He was convicted of assaulting Ríchard Charlín, the official responsible for the sports facilities of the Arousan Council, when he accused him of not respecting the closing time set by the covid protocol on March 30, 2021.
Criminal Court No. 1 in Pontevedra declared the defendant guilty of the crime of injuryhow much The Council attributed the status of authority to the complainant transferring to him the tasks of control and supervision of compliance with the covid protocol in municipal sports facilities. For the said crime, the owner of the Pontevedra room sentenced the defendant with the sentence of 17. at the request of a private lawsuit to a prison sentence of one year. (the state attorney asked for one year and nine months), with the addition of a special exemption for the use of passive voting rights for the duration of the sentence.
In the Appendix, The president and judo instructor was fined for the minor offense of injurywith regrets two months good daily 10 euros (600 euros)owing pay all expenses trials and compensate the attacked official with 652,339 euros and Sergas in the amount recognized for the costs of assistance provided to the injured person.
The magistrate judge in the case rejected the defendant’s request to apply a complete exemption of self-defense to him, because at the trial “it was previously proven that the defendant was the one who attacked Ricardo”, it was even written in the sentence, with the fact that he was already receiving blows lying on the ground. The second defense requested by the defense of the president and the judo instructor, that of the unjustified delay of the court proceedings, was not accepted either.
The attribution of two crimes to the accused is a consequence of the facts that the head of Criminal Court No. 1 in Pontevedra considers proven after evaluating the statements and evidence of the parties in the proceedings in which the Ministry also filed indictments. Fiscal. The statement of proven facts summarizes what happened as follows: “On March 30, 2021, at around 10:30 p.m., Ricardo received a call from the cleaner of the San Tomé school sports hall and informed him that he could not do his job because the premises were occupied, together with his students, by the accused. Ricardo, performing the duties entrusted to him, went to the pavilion. Outside, he met with the defendant, whom he reproached for not respecting the schedule, starting a discussion during which the defendant, acting with the aim of violating the principle of authority and physical integrity of Ricardo, attacked him and hit him several times, eventually falling to the ground, suffering bruises and pain in the lower back and pain in the forearm that took 15 days to heal.
The head of Criminal Court No. 1 in Pontevedra states in his verdict that the witnesses in the case who confirmed the defendant’s story “did not tell the truth in their statements”.
When asked about the verdict of La Voz de Galicia, The convict, who has not yet received a copy, announced that he will appeal the sentence, holding that there is no proof or evidence to corroborate the facts confirmed by the head of Criminal Court No. 1 in Pontevedra.
“Let the punishment serve as an example and help all officials who work in sports facilities”
Knowing about the decision of the head of the Criminal Court No. 1 in Pontevedra, Ríchard Charlín publicly thanked all the people who supported him during these almost two years: «The sports clubs of Cambados and all the political groups of the municipal corporation, such as one, or the People’s Party, which did not interest me at any time in my life, and which work for 27 years in the Council with PP governments. I also want to thank or support all the individuals who have never shown me their love and affection»to end with a special memory of «Fátima Abal (former mayor of Cambados, now councilwoman) I am the mayor Samuel Lago, who supported me or his support, hiring the Council of Lawyers for this case”.
The Arousan municipal worker believes that the sentence, which his first-instance convict is already planning to appeal, will help the whole group: “Let it serve as an example to all the officials who work in sports facilities, who often treat us very badly, disrespecting us, insulting us or even getting even with us.”
Source: La Vozde Galicia

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