The bouncer at a Murcia nightclub who left a comatose customer in December 2016 with one blow will have to spend two years in prison under a deal reached by his defense this year. Monday with the prosecutor's office. Three other company security guards have also accepted prison sentences of nine months for complicity in these incidents in a trial that will continue on February 26 to decide on the compensation to which the victim will be entitled. , Andrés Martínez, who was 28 years old at the time of the attack.
The victim's lawyer, Francisco Adán, has indicated that they agreed to this agreement in the criminal part of the trial, which significantly reduces the sentence demands (originally eight and four years were requested for the people under investigation). , with the aim of paving the way for possible compensation. He is demanding compensation of 470,000 euros from his client because the consequences of the 20 days in a coma after the attack meant that he was no longer able to practice his job as a taxi driver permanently.
At this Monday's hearing, the defendants accepted their guilt in the events in exchange for this reduced sentence. According to prosecutors, the tragic attack occurred on Sunday, December 11, 2016, around 7 p.m. The victim and a friend of his were in a well-known cocktail bar in the center of Murcia and the two bouncers who were there later worked in access control, DAM and JFZ and were expelled from the premises for “inappropriate behavior”. The other two defendants, LFDA and Hirsto I., were also security guards at the nightclub, but were not working that day, but happened to be in line to enter the premises.
After the victim and his friend were expelled from the room, a brief altercation ensued with the first bouncer and threw a plastic bottle against the facade of the establishment, which led to an altercation between the two guards on duty and their two comrades that began to pursue both men. According to the prosecutor's office, they surrounded her a few meters from the premises and “began attacking her, grabbing her, shaking her and kicking her several times.” Hristo I then hit the victim in the jaw, the victim fell to the ground with a crash and remained unconscious. Then the four turned and left. The entire scene was captured on video by witnesses to the attack. This Monday, Hristo I pleaded guilty to the crime of grievous bodily harm for these incidents, and the rest of those involved admitted that they were accomplices to the attack.
However, none of them have agreed to reach an agreement to compensate the victim, nor has the company that manages the premises and is part of one of the main groups dedicated to nightlife in Murcia. Therefore the procedure continues. ¡On the 26th just to clarify the aspects related to possible economic compensation.
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