2023-11-06 00:55:00
According to judicial sources, a woman was injured by at least five stab wounds and she had to undergo surgery following being attacked by a homeless man whom she had allowed to stay the night in her home. The perpetrator received a sentence of preventive detention for attempted femicide last Saturday.
The event occurred in the Toma Norte neighborhood located in the city of Neuquén. Although it emerged this weekend, the episode took place last Wednesday between 5:30 and 6:00 in the morning at the victim’s house.
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At the charging hearing held on Saturday, prosecutor Andrés Azar maintained that the accused was homeless and had stayed the night on the victim’s property because she had allowed him to. The attacker was identified as Hugo Ariel Quinteros, 53, local media reported. Rio Negro Newspaper. After the escape, he went to his brother’s house and explained to her: “I sent them to me”.
As reported by the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) of Neuquén, The attack occurred as a result of an argument which caused the woman to ask the man to leave the house. Given this claim, the attacker took a knife, stabbed him “at least five times in his body”, located in the pectoral area and in the left thigh, and then fled.
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According to what was reported by prosecutor Azar, the victim fainted due to the attack, so she had to be assisted by neighbors until the arrival of the Neuquén Integrated Emergency System (SIEN). The woman was then transferred to the Castro Rendón hospital, where She underwent surgery due to the severity of the stab wounds..
The victim was discharged from hospital and did not suffer any major complications. However, she will be unable to carry out all the tasks of daily living for the next two months.
The official interviewed the woman, who reported that The accused hit him like “a boxing bag”. Faced with the attack, she told him “Stop, you’re going to kill me,” but the man did not let go of the knife.
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The prosecutor legally classified the incident as an attempted femicide and requested the Guarantee Judge preventive detention for a period of two months for the accused, when considering the risk of not submitting to the process and hindering the investigation. The request was justified by the fact that the accused does not have roots or domicile in the city, to which was added the fear expressed by the victim following suffering the attack.
What the defense of the homeless man said
As reported Rio Negro Diary, the public defender, Verónica Zingoni, opposed the classification chosen by the prosecution, arguing that they were minor injuries. Likewise, she maintained that the doctor who examined the victim indicated that his life was not in real danger and established that she would be unable to perform normal tasks for 45 to 60 days.
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In addition to this, he indicated that There is no evidence “that they were a couple” or that there was any previous situation of gender violence.. In addition, he stressed that both were intoxicated at the time of the events. “Not everything is femicide, not everything fits into that legal figure, there are requirements that are objectives that do not exist in this case,” added the defender.
Zingoni requested that he be placed under house arrest in his brother’s house because he is a homeless person, with a chronic alcoholism problem and who currently remains illiterate. In addition, he proposed that he be given a dual device: with an ankle bracelet (for him) and an anti-panic button (for the victim). Although those involved live nearby, he stressed that the dangers can be avoided in this way.
The intervening Guarantee Judge, Cristian Piana, rejected the request, and supported the prosecutor’s request and the formulation of charges. In addition, he set a period of four months to carry out the investigation.
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