Overview
- Bizkaia’s Provincial Court sentenced ten people to two years in prison for the homophobic beating of Ekain in Basauri.
- An eleventh defendant received a 14‑month term after the court applied a mitigating factor for an intellectual disability.
- Judges classified the attack as a hate crime alongside offenses against moral integrity and injuries, imposing fines of €2,700 on each of the ten and €1,710 on the other.
- The ruling describes group violence with homophobic slurs and “brutal” blows, underscoring the bias motive behind the assault.
- In a separate case, the Basque High Court (TSJPV) upheld a 14‑year‑and‑4‑month sentence in Donostia, finding the trial court’s evidence review rational and sufficient to sustain the conviction.