The Court of Instruction number 7 of Seville summoned the expert of Carcaño mobile, Manuel Huertaon January 27, at 10:20 a.m., after the Provincial Court revoked the file agreed by this … judged in the context of the trial opened against the person responsible for Lazarus Technologyfollowing the telephone expertise of Miguel Carcaño, sentenced to 21 years and three months in prison for the murder of the young Sevillian Marta del Castillo.
In a proceeding order issued by this court, instruction number, dated December 17consulted by Europa Press, there is a summons from the said manager of the technological company, as an investigator, by video conference“must have an official academic title for the exercise of IT expertise and be able to sign expert reports as an IT expert, either on behalf of the court or at the request of the court.”
In addition, an “authenticated and complete copy” of the certificate of acceptance of the position and “oath or promise” of the expert designated by the party on June 18, 2021, signed by Manuel Huerta de la Morena, “and a complete copy of the IT expertise delivered by him, the central subject of this dispute”, is requested.
THE The Provincial Court ordered new proceedings to be held determine whether the report was judicially ordered and whether among the authors was a computer engineering graduate, before deciding whether to maintain the dismissal or continue the investigation.
The court thus accepted the appeal presented by the dean of the Professional College of Technical Engineers in IT of Andalusia, Pedro de la Torre, who claimed that Manuel Huerta had acted as an IT expert without possessing the required official qualification and had disseminated sensitive information about the case in the media.
In its arguments, the court said that the well-known case of Marta del Castillo has received widespread media coverage since 2009, so that It is difficult to talk about revealing secrets since it involves information that has already been publicly disseminated..
Lazarus Technology defended from the first moment the “proven experience” of its manager before the complaint of the Professional College of Computer Technical Engineers of Andalusia against Manuel Huerta for possible crimes of professional intrusion with advertising, revelation of secrets, procedural fraud and false testimony, in the computer expertise of the raw data of Carcaño’s cell phone.
The question of qualification
He Professional College of IT Technical Engineers of Andalusia underlined that after the intervention of Manuel Huerta as a computer scientist in this expertise with the delivery of the requested report, he had confirmed “that the defendant does not have an official qualification allowing him to exercise the profession of technical computer engineer, nor does he belong to any professional association”.
The collegial body said at the time that Manuel Huerta “broadcast on television the evidence intercepted on the mobile phone examined, affecting the privacy of its owner and third parties from which messages and various photographs were disseminated”, among other aspects.
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