Crime of Lucio Dupuy: today they will dictate the sentence of the murderers

On February 2, the Court of Audience of Santa Rosa, La Pampa, found guilty Madeleine Esposito Valentimother of Lucio DupuyAlready Abigail Páez, his partner at the time of the crime, of the aggravated homicide of a 5-year-old boy, which occurred in November 2021. This Friday, at 12 p.m., judges Alejandra Ongaro, Daniel Sáez Zamora and Andrés Olié They will make known the punishments that the murderers will receive. Expectation is centered whether the magistrates will apply the “indefinite time” to life imprisonment, which is already appropriate for them because of the seriousness of the crime with which they are charged.

During the audience which took place this Monday, February 13, the prosecutor Veronique Ferrero He asked that the two defendants be sentenced to life imprisonment because, in the face of the crimes committed, the Penal Code only provides for this penalty.

In the meantime, the applicant lawyer representing the Dupuy family, Jose Mario Aguerridoagreed with the Crown’s proposal, but added the requirement that the sentence be indefinite confinementan alternative provided for in article 52 of the Penal Code, in relation to article 80. Its bases, among other things, were based on the extent of the damage caused to “an absolutely vulnerable boy”, adding that Lucio’s crime was the end of a process child abuse.

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For her part, the official defender Silvina Blanco Gomezasked the court to quantify the penalty it would correspond to Paezfor having understood that if life imprisonment were applied — with the regulations in force today in the country — “He will only come out of prison with his deathsince at present life imprisonment is materially and literally perpetual.

In addition, the lawyer requested that this quantification be at a minimum due to the absence of a criminal record and the age of the accused, which is 28 years old. He also said that the Supreme Court had already set the unconstitutionality indefinite imprisonment.

Finally, the official defender Paul de Biasispeaking for Esposito Valentipresented similar arguments to his colleague Blanco Gómez and demanded that he be “a disgrace for years”with which he agreed that “The life imprisonment established by the Penal Code is unconstitutional”since “international treaties prevent the application of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment”.

During this Friday’s hearing, therefore, We will finally know if the judges will apply the “indefinite term” to the sure sentence of life imprisonment. The decision will be broadcast live on the channel Youtube of the Penal Judicial Office of Santa Rosa.

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In parallel, a popular mobilization outside the doors of the judicial center of the Pampean capital, summoned from 10 a.m. by the “Civil Association Lucio Dupuy”, created by the grandfather of the minor, Ramón, to fight for the rights of children, and who have for slogan : “Let justice be done. Life imprisonment for murderers”.

The child’s father, Christian Dupuy; their paternal grandparents, ramon there silvia gomez; plaintiff’s attorney, seasoned; the prosecution team, made up of Maximo Paulucci, Veronique Ferrero, Marcos Sacco there Walter Martos; and Counselors for Boys, Girls and Teenagers, Graciela Massara there Gabriela Road.

Defendants are not required to attend the hearing in Santa Rosa and can follow it from Penitentiary Complex No. 1 in San Luis, where they are being held. Indeed, on February 2, when they were found guilty, they did not even follow her from a distance: they preferred to continue their routines in prison. They did the same at the hearing of the 13th.

This day, Esposito Valentithe mother, was declared the author of the material and criminally responsible for the crime of triple homicide qualified by bond, treachery and cruelty.

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At the same time, Paez was declared the author of the material and criminally responsible for the crime of double capital homicide for treason and cruelty; in real competition with the crime of sexual abuse with carnal access anally, aggravated for being the guardian and for having been committed against a minor under the age of 18, taking advantage of the pre-existing situation of coexistence, as a continuous crime.

Lucio Dupuy was assassinated on November 26, 2021 at the house on Allan Kardec Street at 2300 Santa Rosa, where he lived with his mother, Madeleine Esposito Valentiand the woman’s partner, Abigail Peace.

The movements of the murderers and the 5-year-old boy were recorded by a camera located in front of the apartment and, thanks to these images, it was possible to conclude that at 5.32 p.m. Lucio was seen alive for the last time. Between then and 7:40 p.m., when the two accused left the property alone, the boy he was brutally beaten.

According to the reasons for the judges’ decision, Abigail Páez took his girlfriend on a motorbike to a hotel-restaurant in the pampas capital, where she worked as a waitress, and returned alone at 8:49 p.m., when she tried to make revive the child. and put him in the shower.

At 9:30 p.m., Páez carried Lucio in his arms to the medical ward in the Río Atuel neighborhood near his home, but it was closed, so the baby was referred to Evita Hospital, where at 9:30 p.m. 9:45 p.m. we discovered that he was already dead.

The justice established that the two had participated in the mortal blows, between 6 and 7 p.m. on November 26 and that the child was punched, kicked and beaten with a stick.

He was also stepped on in the back by Páez (this could be determined by the imprint left by his shoe), which caused him internal injuries, such as a tear in his liver and, in addition, he was bitten in their private parts and on his left arm.

The District Court established that the child was the victim, appellant, of physical, psychological and sexual violence and determined that a “crescendo of violence” could be seen, in light of the discussions between the two defendants, broadcast during the trial, from mid-October 2021.

*With information from Telam

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