Rosa Peral, guarded by the “Mossos” as they search her home. SUSANNA SÁEZ (EFE)
The Generalitat has opened a file on Rosa Peral for the interviews that the woman, sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of her ex-partner in the case known as “Urban Police Crime”, gave to the media and also to one of her The documentary was broadcast on Netflix. The Ministry of Justice is considering a sanction against the prisoner detained in the Mas d’Enric prison (Tarragona) for misuse of the internal communication system, which constitutes a serious crime, and the early restriction of her calls and video calls to only family members. Direct. Tomorrow, Wednesday, an interview with Peral will be broadcast on El Matí de Catalunya Ràdio, the morning show of the Catalan public broadcaster.
Prisoners are permitted to communicate with family or friends using a number of designated and limited telephone numbers. If the inmate wants to give interviews to the media, he must inform the prison administration, who will evaluate him before making a decision. They do this together with Correctional Affairs, the Treatment and Communications Committee and information from the Ministry of Justice.
When deciding whether to grant surveys, various factors are taken into account, such as: B. maintaining the daily routine in the facility, security aspects, possible effects on the inmate’s integration process or the protection of victims. If authorized, they will be carried out with paper and pencil in the communication booths. They are not permitted for audiovisual media.
Skipping these types of requirements constitutes a serious offense, according to the Justice Ministry, which insists that the Catalan law enforcement model, which has delegated powers, guarantees and preserves privacy in inmates’ communications with their family and friends. This means that these types of meetings or calls are not monitored. The final interviews granted by Peral took place by telephone. The Ministry will soon restrict your calls and video calls and you will only be able to contact immediate family members. If it turns out that interviews are also granted via these numbers, a veto can also be lodged.
Peral has given various interviews to the media during the six years she has been imprisoned for the murder of her ex-partner Pedro Rodríguez, along with her lover Albert López. The three were part of the Barcelona City Guard. None of them were approved, the judiciary says. Peral and López were sentenced to 25 and 20 years in prison, respectively, in a final verdict upheld by the Supreme Court.
Peral’s last high-profile interview is part of a controversial documentary, The Tapes of Rosa Peral, in which the woman defends her innocence, asserts that she acted out of insurmountable fear of the other convicted person, and criticizes that she was unfairly judged by a sexist Society that condemns them. more because of his love life than because of any solid evidence against him. More than half of the participants in the documentary, including two journalists, the prosecutor in the case and the lawyer for the victim’s family, said that the production company Brutal Media misled them about the aim of the documentary, which they believe was the case is nothing other than the beautification of the condemned woman’s figure.
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The crime committed by the municipal police, one of the most reported crimes in recent years, is back in the forefront of the news following the release on Netflix of the fictional series The Burning Body, played by Úrsula Corberó in the role of Rosa Peral and Quim Gutiérrez moved Albert López. Peral accused Netflix of potentially violating her daughters’ right to honor and unsuccessfully called for the premiere to be canceled. The lawyer of the victim’s family, Pedro Rodríguez, has also requested the confiscation of any income that the convicts may have earned from the feature film series or documentary, released at the same time on the same platform. Peral denies being paid for either thing.
The lawyer for Pedro Rodríguez’s family has also sued Peral over possible asset confiscation. He assumes that the woman may have committed the crime by giving half of her house in Cubelles (Barcelona) to her father a few weeks before the final decision of the Supreme Court, explains Juan Carlos Zayas. The lawyer suspects that it may have been a strategy to avoid paying the 800,000 euros in compensation that Peral and López must pay jointly to Rodríguez’s family.
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