Pau Rigo, the elderly man who killed the attacker at his home, thanked in a letter for the support of the media, social networks, friends and acquaintances, although at the same time he regretted that this empathy was not given. in the courts. "God presses but does not suffocate, although it seems to me now that he presses quite a bit," he stated in a handwritten letter distributed in a support group for the elderly on social networks.
In the letter, Rigo regrets that this empathy and support received did not appear in a majority during the popular jury trial that ended up convicting him. "There have been some people who have helped me, to whom I also have to thank for his attitude," the letter continues. Rigo ends the letter by highlighting his optimistic disposition. "I hope justice is done. A wholehearted hug," he concludes.
It should be remembered that the trial of the old man who killed a thief who attacked his house in Porreres will be repeated after the verdict is declared null. Specifically, the President of the Jury Court has issued an order in which she declares the nullity of the object of said verdict.
According to the resolution, "since the jury was dissolved, it is agreed that the proceedings will be retroactive to the appropriate procedural moment for the purposes of repeating the oral trial with a new Jury Court."
On September 22, the popular jury concluded, by five votes in favor and another four against, that the elderly man who shot and killed one of the thieves who attacked his home in Porreres in February 2018 was guilty.
Three days later, the Public Prosecutor's Office submitted a document requesting the annulment of the verdict "since, due to a material error in the wording of the subject of the guilty verdict, the number of votes necessary for the declaration was not reached." of guilt of the accused". Several parties joined this request.
