2024-08-07 11:48:45
Jury trial of Pedro Acuña The murder of Marisa Galdame, a woman in Allen last October, started yesterday in Roca Judicial City. Eleven witnesses will testify for the second day on Wednesday. Tomorrow, Thursday, will be the last day of arguments and the verdict against the defendants will be announced.
Yesterday, there were a few moments Things were tough on the first day of the Rocca jury trial in Allen’s murder trial of Marissa Gardam. One of them was the dissemination of video taken by the first police officer to arrive at the scene minutes after the murder of Pedro Acuña. Another was the testimony of the couple’s children in Gesell’s court, which moved relatives of the victims and those watching the proceedings to tears.
Pablo Acuña was formally charged with “Relationships between couples and homicides (femicide) committed by men against women who mediate gender violence are worse”. He remained emotionless throughout the hearing, even as he watched video testimonies from his 4-year-old daughter and 13-year-old son on Gesell’s camera.
Prosecutor Teresa Giuffrida was the first to speak, Introduce the case. He insisted that Acuña was violent and recalled that he had filed a complaint and obtained Law No. 3040 on gender-based violence. “I ask the jury members to seek justice for Marisa Gardam and remember that justice is giving everyone what is theirs.“, the prosecutor concluded her argument.
Later, Guillermo Oviedo, the plaintiff’s lawyer representing Marisa’s father, Sixto Gardame, spoke. Lawyer guarantee “Acuña is violent” When the female murder incident occurred, Although he warned “now they want to drive him crazy”.
In turn, Pedro Acuña’s defense attorney Daniel Vergiz advanced the theory that the femicide was committed together with the defendant. A state of “violent emotion”. The lawyer said in closing arguments that Acuña “did not possess his mental capacity” at the time of the killing.
Marisa Galdame killed: ‘You could feel’ Acuña’s fear, her sister declares
During yesterday’s debate, the first witness was Marisa’s sister Anna, who recounted what happened in the hours leading up to the femicide. After spending several hours with the victim, he assured “You could feel Marissa’s fear of him,” Acuña said. He also assured that Marissa no longer believed there was a future in her relationship with the defendant and that she wanted to separate.
When Ana discovers the murder, she travels to Allen from Centenario, where she lives. His nephew, Marissa’s teenage son, told him: “Auntie, I failed to save my mother.”
Anna Gardam also pointed out Acuña is very skilled with a knife. “He slaughters animals, he knows how to use a knife,” he said after questions from the plaintiff’s attorney, Guillermo Oviedo.
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