He had a history of sexual assault at the time he lived in Galicia, a crime of robbery with force for hitting a person to steal money in Puerto del Rosario and another in Lanzarote for robbery with violence. But the fact that attracts the most attention is a crime in which the accused was involved when he lived in La Rocar, because an elderly person who lived next to Manuel Antonio I.L.'s shack was murdered by being hit and then doused with gasoline.
In this case, as in the one surrounding the death of Enrique A.H., he was an elderly person, the accused was near him and was the one who called the Police and the health services.
This head of the Corps described Manuel Antonio I.L. as a "cold" person in his statements and as changing his statements as the Police themselves pointed out the contradictions presented by his arguments.
Thus, the Police also explained that in these marginal environments the motive for killing a person can be "incomprehensible" for the majority because it can be from "annoyance by the noise, the occupation of a cot or debts of 15 or 20 euros." Specifically, of all the inhabitants of the house, the victim was the only one who received a pension and could have money, the agents explained.
The police also highlighted during the jury trial held today in the Las Palmas Court, how at first, José Luis Q., 'El Guindilla', who lived in the occupied house together with the victim, the accused and other people, avoided declaring that they had been the ones who had taken the corpse out into the street and after numerous contradictions revealed that Manuel Antonio I.L. told him: "Come on, help me, I've killed him."
In the session, which began with the testimonial evidence, the violent character of the accused when he drank came to light, an addiction he shared with the rest of his companions, in addition to the consumption of narcotic substances.
The accused faces a sentence of 18 years in prison for a crime of murder whose guilt will be determined from tomorrow by a popular jury.
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