A man detained in the Las Flores prison in the city of Santa Fe was sentenced to three years and three months in prison for having threatened his ex-partner. This is Fernando Gabriel Valdivia, 26 years old.
The sentence was ordered by Judge Jorge Patrizi, within the framework of an abbreviated trial in which the now convicted expressly accepted his criminal responsibility as the author of the crimes of “repeated coercive threats, committed on at least four occasions in a context of violence.” of genre”.
The defense accepted the criminal attribution, the single sentence imposed and the decision to shorten the trial proceedings. For her part, the victim was notified of the resolution and expressed her agreement.
Because Valdivia had a convicted criminal record, the magistrate also declared him a repeat offender. Prosecutor Esteban Morales, who was in charge of the investigation, explained that “the amount of the sentence imposed resulted from the unification of two years of effective prison that corresponded to Valdivia for the intimidation and a previous sentence that had not yet been completed.” achieve”.
Morales stated that “the convicted person carried out his criminal conduct in December of last year.” He indicated that “while he was legally detained, he communicated from different telephone lines with a woman with whom he had a relationship that at that time had already ended,” and assured that “he sent her audio and text messages in order to frighten her.” “.
“Valdivia demanded that the woman change her profile photo in which she was seen with another man,” the prosecutor said. “In turn, he told her that when he had temporary outings for the Christmas and New Year holidays, he was going to go to her house to kill her current partner,” he specified.
“On other occasions, the convicted man expressed to the victim that he wanted to resume his relationship with her, insulted her and denigrated her for not agreeing,” said the MPA official.
Likewise, he stressed that “the crimes were committed in a clear context of gender violence,” and asserted that “the harassment suffered by Valdivia’s ex-partner was of sufficient magnitude to affect the free development of her personal life.”
