2024-02-05 22:26:56
Today the prosecution and the complaint requested a sentence of 5 years for Facundo Plosa Regina man who ran over a family and killed 67-year-old Félix Retamal, last year on Route 22, near Cervantes.
“We are faced with a very serious event, There are multiple victims, one deceased, one with serious injuries and two others with minor injuries.“, the prosecutor began his argument.
“The accused had unlawful conduct, violated traffic rules, The result of the breathalyzer test was 0.74 milligrams per liter. We proved at trial that at the moment of impact The man exceeded the permitted speed by 30 km, he did not respect the distance with the car that preceded him”he continued.
“It did not occur to him to help the victims, he showed a lack of humanity, fhigh recognition of the behavior and lack of repentance”added the prosecutor’s office.
“The obstruction to the actions of police employees was evidenced when the accused refused to submit to the breathalyzer test,” he explained.
Due to the above, and after having heard the seven witnesses, both from the accusing parties and from the private defense, The Public Prosecutor’s Office and the complainant requested the sentence of 5 years of effective prison, plus special disqualification from driving any motor vehicle, for a period of 10 years, plus legal costs and accessories.
For its part, the defense expressed that this is a young person, who has a job, who participates in family work activity, and therefore They asked for 3 years in prison suspended and disqualified from driving for 5 years.
Finally, the accused, assisted by his defenders, spoke.
The Collegiate Court intervening in this file The sentence will be announced next Wednesday, February 14 at 12 noon.
What was the accident that killed Félix Retamal?
“On August 14, 2022, around 4 in the morning, The accused was traveling aboard a white Ford Ranger, on Route 22 in a west-east direction, in a reckless and anti-regulatory manner, without the care, prevention and control required by the legal standard for the driver who circulates on public roads, since he did so with at least 0.74 grams/liter of alcohol in the blood, without maintaining a distance cautious with the vehicle in front of him, at a probable minimum speed of 152.98 km/h, at the exit of a curve with a double yellow line,” they indicated.
“In these circumstances, the accused unexpectedly hit the red Ford Ranger, which was traveling ahead in the same lane and direction, and in which four people were traveling, including the fatal victim, Félix Retamal“explained the tax team.
The legal qualification by which the man was found guilty of: “manslaughter aggravated by reckless driving of a motor vehicle, and speeding in more than thirty (30) kilometers above the maximum speed allowed at the scene of the incident; serious injuries aggravated by reckless and illegal driving of a motor vehicle, and minor injuries (two incidents), all in ideal competition”, according to Articles 45, 54, 84 bis, 2nd. paragraph; 94 bis. 2nd. paragraph and 94 first paragraph of the Penal Code.
The accused is assisted by his trusted lawyers, and is complying with precautionary measures in this file, among them He is not allowed to leave the country and must appear weekly at the prosecutor’s office.
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