The Juzgado de Menores of Alicante imposed eight years of closed internment and five years of supervised release on the teenagers found guilty of planning and carrying out in November last year the murder of Cloe, the ex-girlfriend of one of them, aged 15, in Orihuela Costa (Alicante). The sentence, against which it is possible to appeal before the Alicante court, indicates that the crime occurred several days after the victim decided to break off her romantic relationship with one of the teenagers, then aged 17, according to information from the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community. The penalty imposed is the heaviest in a case of gender violence with these characteristics, in accordance with the law that regulates the criminal liability of minors.
The crime took place on November 24, 2024, the day before 25-N, the international day to eliminate violence against women. According to the verdict, “three days after” Cloe decided to break up with her boyfriend, “the two accused approached the girl on a street” in the La Florida urbanization, Orihuela Costa, part of the municipality of Oriola bordering Torrevieja. There, around 8:30 p.m., “after attempting to asphyxiate him with a so-called killer maneuver,” the culprits “degollated” their victim with a knife. He was 16 and 17 years old when he committed the murder.
Chloe, aged 15, did not die in this act. “Malherida,” the judgment continues, “arrived at the house of a brother, located about 300 meters from the scene of the success, and he fainted in front of the door.” The victim’s family member was immediately transferred to the young woman at Torrevieja Hospital, “where she died a few minutes later, during her transfer to the hospital.” The investigation was carried out by the Women and Minors team (Emume) of the Alicante Civil Guard command. From the first moment, it was assumed that this was a case of gender-based violence.
The judgment is on you this past November. In their statements, both defendants admitted their participation in the murder. Plus, I spent weeks planning it. The investigating officers were able to retrieve messages from their mobile phones that were exchanged between them, believing that they had previously been read and left behind. While playing the console, they congratulated themselves on what they had done. However, when they heard about a tracking app showing Cloe was in hospital, they started to worry. “Tenías que haberlo hechoo como en el video”, the show was another to see that the young person could have a false with life. At that time, they tried to create countermeasures, all of which were refuted by the Civil Guard.
Possible transfer to prison
The defendants will serve their sentence, up to 21 years, in a juvenile detention center. At that time, it will be considered whether they remain incarcerated in an adult correctional center, according to the local newspaper. Information. Once out of the street, they will remain on supervised release for another five years, according to the sentence pronounced by the magistrate, who also imposed on them, “with the declaration of direct civil responsibility and solidarity of their parents”, according to the TSJ, “the obligation to compensate the family of the deceased to the tune of 360,000 euros”.
So far this year, 47 women have been murdered by their partner or ex-partner. Since the launch of official statistics in 2003, there have been 1,342 women.
The 016 telephone number answers victims of gender-based violence, their families and those around them 24 hours a day, every day of the year, in 53 different languages. The number is not listed on the phone bill, but the call on the device should be deleted. You can also contact us by email 016-online@igualdad.gob.es and by WhatsApp at the number 600 000 016. Minors can contact Fundación ANAR at the telephone number 900 20 20 10. If it is an emergency situation, you can call 112 or the telephone numbers of the National Police (091) and the Civil Guard (062). And if you can’t call, you can use the ALERTCOPS application, from which an alert signal is sent to the Police with geolocation.
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