The High Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA) has upheld the nine-year prison sentence given to a man for his role in the death of a DJ. The man fired bullets at the ceiling during an unauthorised party in Marbella (Malaga) in March 2021, when health restrictions were in place because of Covid.
The Andalusian Court turns down the defence’s appeal and backs up the facts proven in the Malaga ruling. This ruling said that the party was planned “ignoring the prohibition derived from the pandemic” in a house in Marbella, where more than 35 people were invited to drink, dance, and listen to music played by the deceased DJ at high volume.
Reports say that in the early hours of the morning, the accused was with other people at one of the reserved tables and “in order to attract attention,” brandished a firearm, a pistol whose make and model is unknown but with a calibre of 9 millimetres parabellum, “ignoring the minimum precaution” with these actions and “putting everyone who was there at serious risk.”
So, he shot three times at the ceiling, but the gun ‘jammed’, and one of the bullets bounced off the ceiling of the building and hit the DJ in the neck in a way that cut his right common jugular vein, causing a lot of bleeding that led to hypovolemic shock, which killed him quickly and slowly.
When everyone found out what had transpired, they all exited the building. Only one person helped the hurt man for a short time, wrapping a towel around his neck to attempt to stop the bleeding and shouting for aid. However, “no one came, completely disregarding the DJ’s fate,” as did everyone else there, including one of the organisers. The accused was one of the first to run away.
When police searched the defendant’s home, they found keys to a safe in the bedroom he was staying in. The safe had the keys to a jet ski, and under a false bottom was a 9mm short calibre pistol, which is considered a weapon of war and is “illegal for lacking a serial number.”
The Málaga court gave him four years in prison for manslaughter and five years for having a weapon of war without permission. He also had to pay €30,000 to the brother of the dead person and €60,000 to the mother.
The defence appealed the sentence, but the TSJA doesn’t see any merit in the claims made, like the one that questioned the protected witness who identified the accused. The police confirmed that he was a member of a well-known biker gang by finding a vest with the name “Hells Angels” inside his vehicle.
Author: Derek Appleton
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