Overview
- Jonathan Andic posted a €1,000,000 bail and was released but remains under judicial restrictions that include passport withdrawal, a travel ban from Spain, and weekly court appearances.
- The defense lodged a 27‑page appeal to the Audiencia de Barcelona and submitted 112 emergency‑call recordings, a prior fall video, detailed reconstructions using manikins and drones, and medical opinions that argue the death was accidental.
- Prosecutors and the instructing judge continue to rely on multiple technical indicia reported by the Mossos d'Esquadra, including a mountain‑unit analysis that says a simple slip was unlikely, a suspicious footprint at the scene, and mobile‑data and vehicle‑location traces.
- Defense experts and detective Francisco (Paco) Marco publicly accused a Mossos sargento of inventing or altering evidence and questioned the chain of custody for the footprint and other materials, claims that investigators dispute and that so far have produced no reported internal disciplinary outcome.
- The Audiencia de Barcelona will now weigh the appeal and the competing technical reports; its decision will determine whether the cautelar measures stay in place while the instrucción continues and may shape whether the case proceeds to formal charges.