Overview
- The accused acknowledged causing Paula’s death and apologized to her family but denied habitual abuse and insisted the stabbing was an accident during a struggle.
- His account maintains Paula held the knife and fell on it during a dispute, while he suffered only minor cuts compared with her extensive wounds.
- The Ministerio Fiscal charges murder with alevosía, habitual gender‑based abuse and illicit weapons possession, asking the jury to impose a 28‑year sentence.
- Forensic reporting describes 16 stab wounds, including two deep, fatal injuries to the back and right side, which the prosecution says contradict self‑defense.
- Prosecutors cite alleged planning—stealing a 31‑centimeter kitchen knife six days earlier and arranging the encounter—and note the investigation also tied him to the concealed body of another ex‑partner, Sibora.