With the premiere of the new Netflix fiction, the focus of the public attention in ‘Asunta Case’. The murder of little Asunta Basterra, who was only 12 years old, is one of the crimes that more impact has been generated in Spanish society. Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra, the adoptive parentswere sentenced to 18 years in prison for the murder of the young woman.
He The girl’s lifeless body was found by two passers-by just 5 kilometers from the mother’s country house. For this reason, on September 24, 2013, Rosario was arrested and investigated for alleged crime of homicide; and a day later the same thing was done with Alfonso. Finally both were sentenced when they were declared guilty of the crime.
One of the biggest unknowns still to be solved about this crime is a conversation that both accused maintained during their first night in the dungeons after being arrested. Despite such incriminating phrases as “Have you had time to get rid of that?”from Rosario to Alfonso, it was decided reject the inclusion of the recording in the case.
Three revealing phrases
The conversation was recorded at the request of the instructor José Antonio Vázquez Taín, on September 25 in Lonzas. He approved the recording of the dialogue since the researchers considered that it could be vital to gather more evidence and strengthen your suspicions.
Only three phrases are heard in the recording. The first of them was “you and your little games”from Porto to Basterra. The second was the one mentioned previously and the most incriminating: “Have you had time to get rid of that?”. The last one was a resounding “Shut up, maybe they are listening to us” from Basterra to Porto. From then on, only silence is heard in the recording.
Rejected for violation of privacy
The sixth section of the Provincial Court issued an order in which the previous questions raised by both parties were resolved and for which the president of the Jury Court, Leonor Castro Calvo, had determined the nullity of this conversation.
Was the defense of Rosario Portospecifically the criminal lawyer José Luis Gutiérrez Aranguren, who requested not to include the recording in the case denouncing a violation of the right to privacy. By asserting that his client had stated that he did not want to testify at police headquarters, the defense accused the authorities of not respecting the guarantees of the accused.
Instead, the president of the Jury Court decided expand documentary evidence for the incorporation of a detailed report on Rosario’s clinical situation. Just as he agreed to adhere to the message transcripts of Asunta, various expert reportspractical instructions on how to view the images recorded by security cameras that they captured the girl on the day of her death and purchase receipts.
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