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Fachada histórica de un juzgado de Sevilla con un técnico forense de traje blanco con maletín de pruebas y un coche policial en la calle empedrada
Juzgado histórico de Sevilla con un técnico forense y un coche policial, imagen alusiva a la audiencia preliminar del caso de La Rinconada. · Erick Prometeo Media

La Rinconada accused confesses killing before Seville judge

Manuel G. F. acknowledged before examining judge number 14 in Seville that he killed his friend Ricardo in La Rinconada, attributed the events to a fight over…

--- The context --- Manuel G. F. on Monday acknowledged before examining judge number 14 of the Seville Court of Instance that he killed his friend Ricardo, aged 47, in the town of La Rinconada. The two men had known each other for years and had met at a drug den, according to the account the accused himself gave during the preliminary hearing held before trial. --- The facts --- According to his statement, in April 2025 he moved into Ricardo's flat in Calle Hernán Cortés in La Rinconada, because he had nowhere else to stay at that time. The accused said he had used cocaine since he was 15 and heroin for a year and a half, and that on the night of 3 May 2025 both men had consumed alcohol and drugs. According to his version, Ricardo tried to take his 11 grams of heroin as payment for hosting him, they argued heatedly, Ricardo first grabbed the knife and he managed to wrest it away before attacking him. According to the prosecution, for hours and days the accused persuaded relatives not to enter the flat while he went in and out, until on 6 May, in the early afternoon, a brother entered and found the body. --- The positions --- The prosecution maintains, according to its account, that the accused inflicted 42 stab wounds and initially seeks 20 years in prison, seven years of no-contact orders toward the brothers and the victim's son, and total compensation of 65,000 euros. The accused argued that he was not trying to hide the crime, but felt ashamed and intended to inform the family, while his lawyer, Ofelia Liñán, will request the mitigating factors of late confession and sudden passion. --- What remains unknown --- The trial must still decide what weight the late confession will carry, whether the claimed sudden passion is accepted, and how the court assesses the left big toe print marked at the scene. --- Unanswered questions --- Will the court accept the mitigating factors of late confession and sudden passion requested by the defence? What evidential weight will it give the toe print against the accused's account? Will the prosecution's initial request for 20 years in prison be maintained throughout? --- EPM analysis --- The case combines a clear admission of authorship with an open dispute over the circumstances, because the accused describes a prior fight while the prosecution maintains a severe initial sentencing request. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the confession orders the trial but does not close it, because the circumstances that can materially affect the sentence remain to be decided. The defence seeks recognition of late confession and sudden passion, while the prosecution starts from a request for 20 years that reflects the seriousness attributed to the crime. The court will have to test the account of the fight over the 11 grams of heroin against the evidence gathered, including the toe print, and also assess the later conduct toward the family.
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