The mother of Lucio Dupuy, the 5-year-old boy murdered in La Pampa / Télam
The prosecutor of the trial for the crime of Lucio Dupuy, the five-year-old boy murdered in November 2021 in La Pampa, asked yesterday that the victim’s mother and her partner be found guilty of the “qualified homicide and sexual abuse” of the victim , crimes that provide for life imprisonment, while the verdict of the court in charge of the debate will be known next February.
In turn, the complaint introduced in his accusation the aggravating circumstance of “gender hatred”; Instead, the defenses hypothesized a “preterintentional” act, that is, when the aggressor intends to cause harm but not death.
The trial, which takes place behind closed doors since the victim was a minor and a crime against sexual integrity is being discussed, takes place at the headquarters of the Judicial City of Santa Rosa, located on Uruguay and Perón avenues, of the pampean capital, and counted on the presence of the two defendants who arrived at the debate detained.
Judicial sources reported that the Pampas prosecutor Verónica Ferrero, accompanied by the attorney general Máximo Paulucci and her partner Mónica Rivero; accused Magdalena Espósito Valenti, the baby’s mother, and her partner Abigail Páez, of “qualified homicide and seriously outrageous sexual abuse” in her presentation.
After almost six hours of arguments, it was decided that there will be no next hearing for the parties to request a sentence, given that the aforementioned crimes provide for life imprisonment, so the debate will resume on February 2 at noon when it is resolved whether the defendants They are guilty or not.
After that, there will be a period of no more than 15 days in which a new hearing will be held in which the amount of the penalty will be set.
