Overview
- A group humiliated, spat at, threw coins at, filmed and then beat a man sleeping in the galleries of O Calvario on March 2, 2025, leaving him with physical and psychological harm.
- A plea hearing held on Thursday, July 9, 2026, in the Sección Quinta of the Audiencia Provincial de Pontevedra saw two adult defendants aged 20 and 21 accept responsibility for the attack.
- The court applied the aporophobia aggravator and sentenced both men to six months in prison plus fines, but suspended those terms for two years on the condition they pay ordered indemnities, complete equality and re‑education courses and do not reoffend.
- The victim, known as Carlos, initially opposed the plea and said he wanted prison for the attackers but accepted the deal after learning the suspension required payment of compensation in set instalments.
- Local NGOs, Amnesty International and the BNG held a demonstration and called the ruling a local precedent, underscoring that Spanish prosecutors can treat hostility toward the poor as an aggravating bias in criminal cases.