They condemned the manager and the electrician

Eight years and ten months passed until the parents of Iñaki Bohn Rioboo They had justice. This Monday the Court No. 5 of Quilmes sentenced to an electrician and the manager of the Altos de Hudson II private neighborhood for negligent homicide of the 11-year-old, who died of an electric shock when touched a pool lamp located in a common area, February 2017.

The sentences were for Santiago Domingo “Chavo” Collavini (53), manager and manager of the neighborhood when the tragedy occurred; and for Rubén Daniel “Beto” Bentolila Levy (57), certified electrician.

The first received four years in prison, while Bentolilla Levy was sentenced to four years and six months and disqualified for eight years. Both are serving their sentences under house arrest under the control of an electronic ankle bracelet and with police visits at least three times a week to find out if they are in their homes as a surprise.

“The evidence presented during the conference and the evidence presented leave me in no doubt about the existence of this fact, which I will not discuss, and that this fact constitutes homicide. Unfortunately, Iñaki died as a result reckless actions by bothwhile engaging in a pastime typical of an 11-year-old child playing with a ball in a pool, and died in a way no child should,” Judge Sandra Martucci said before sentencing.

Gastón Bohn and Magdalena Rioboo cried and hugged each other when they heard how many years Bentolilla Levy and Collavini received. They then hugged their lawyers Fernando Burlando, Fabián Améndola and Marina Ameal (on the father’s side) and Carlos Zimmermann (who represented the mother).

Outside the door of the Quilmes Justice Department courthouse, nearly a hundred people wearing red T-shirts with a photo of Iñaki celebrated the convictions.

“We needed them to be convicted. This was more than proven.” You are responsible for Iñaki not being here today“Gastón told the journalists who stood guard at the exit of the court, visibly moved by the verdict.

For her part, Magdalena stated: “It has been proven that they are guilty, that they are Iñaki’s murderers and that it was not an accident but that they are responsible for it.”

“Whether it is a lot or a little, Nobody will return Iñaki to me.. This was achieved through fighting and not giving up. For ensuring that justice does not look away,” the woman added.

Around 1 p.m. This Monday, about 80 people gathered to await the verdict. Iñaki’s parents, her friends, cousins ​​and even a friend of the child were there. They accompanied her with red balloons and the uniform chant: “It wasn’t an accident, it was murder.” Many cried, a mix of emotions, anger, pain and hope for the verdict they would hear minutes later.

“And let your presence be felt, heard, seen” said the line of the song “Your Presence” the reggae band Nompalidece, which could be heard through a loudspeaker that Magdalena was carrying.

Beside her, her young daughter pleaded for justice for her older brother, whom she had never met. Gastón, for his part, had two children with a new partner. Everyone was united in the same goal: to achieve justice for Iñaki.

It was Magdalene who came out first and pronounced the verdict. Those present exploded in screams, applause and tears. “They drive off in a patrol car.”Iñaki’s mother said excitedly.

Burlando overtook Clarion that they will appeal the verdict and request that the house arrest for both of them be lifted and that they be placed in a joint prison. In Collavini’s case, house arrest will be served on his property Abril de Berazategui is a private neighborhood, so you are also asked not to have access to the public areas of the place.

Iñaki was 11 years old and died in a tragic and absurd way: leaving the communal pool of a country house in Hudson His leg struck a lamppost and was electrocuted.

It happened shortly before nine o’clock at night on February 22, 2017 in the gated neighborhood of Altos de Hudson II, located on Highway 2 Collector in the Berazategui district.

At the time of the incident, Iñaki was at his father’s house in a semi-detached house he rented from Collavini in the country. That evening the boy was in the pool with some friends. It was midsummer and very hot. As he went out to look for the ball they were playing with in the water, he hit the lamp post and fell down.

A neighbor who is a doctor tried to revive him and an ambulance came to help him, but The defibrillator didn’t work. Maybe there was nothing more they could do.

On the day of the tragedy, the administrator called Bentolila Levy and said to her: “Come, because there is a quilombo with a street lamp.” The “quilombo” was the dead baby.

When the electrician measured the street lamp with the test device, he discovered this 220 volts were discharged.

The accountant Santiago Domingo “Chavo” Collavini (53), manager and in charge of the neighborhood when the tragedy occurred, was tried for “unlawful death”; Rubén Daniel “Beto” Bentolila Levy (57), licensed electrician; and Alejandro Héctor Lucero (57), from the company responsible for the maintenance of electrical installations and green spaces in the neighborhood, whom they no longer wanted to accuse during the debate.

In an earlier attempt, the architect Guillermo Marcial Franco (66) and the Electrician Enrique Rodrigo Rocha (50) received a light sentence of one year probation and a five-year ban on working.

During the trial, it was discovered that the pillar on which the street lamp was located was located It had neither a ground rod nor a protective conductor.. In addition, the internal cables were without any mechanical protection and, what was worse, they were spliced ​​with electrical tape, a connection process prohibited by the column regulations.