The Second Section of the Provincial Court of Las Palmas has decreed this Thursday, January 12, the release without bail of Raúl Díaz, accused of the violent death of his wife, Romina Celeste Núñez, in Costa Teguise in 2019, imposing on the accused that he must appear weekly in court, surrender his passport and reside in Spain.
The release is justified by the completion of the maximum time allowed by law for maintaining provisional imprisonment, a regime in which Díaz was (two years plus another two years of extension).
After his release from prison, of which the exact moment is unknown for the moment, and once the deadline to release him is over (next Monday, January 16), the accused must appear every Monday in court, designate a domicile in Spain and will be obliged to notify any changes of address that he verifies. Likewise, he is prohibited from leaving the national territory, his passport is withdrawn and the issuance of a new one is vetoed.
Regarding the trial that is pending, it will be set once the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC) resolves the appeal filed by his defense against the order of preliminary issues of the process before the jury, which precisely this Thursday has entered the Criminal Chamber of the TSJC.
Defense appeal
According to sources close to the case, after four years of investigation, during which the case has passed through the hands of several investigating judges and different defense lawyers, the procedure, after being enabled by the Arrecife Court last August, finally reached the Second Section of the Provincial Court of Las Palmas on September 29, 2022, but it was noted that a piece of evidence requested by the parties was missing and it was returned to the judicial body.
Finally, the case reached the Section on October 20, 2022, with a series of preliminary issues to resolve, which made it impossible to set the plenary. These issues were resolved by order of December 1, but the defense appealed this order to the TSJC.
This Thursday, January 12, said appeal has reached the Criminal Chamber, which will process it to resolve it and send it back to the Hearing.
