Overview
- The oral phase in the Audiencia Provincial has ended and the case is now seen for sentence, with a ruling expected in about ten days depending on the court’s workload and the Semana Santa calendar.
- The prosecution also asks for €30,000 in compensation for each child, while the defense seeks acquittal and argues the situation should be handled by social services.
- The parents used their final statements to insist they acted in their children’s interest, citing a pathological fear of contagion after traumatic COVID experiences.
- The Principado de Asturias retains guardianship of the minors, and the parents have spent roughly eleven months in pretrial detention without seeing them.
- According to the prosecution’s account, the home showed poor hygiene,大量 non‑prescribed medications, no schooling, and the children exhibited literacy delays and physical effects linked to prolonged isolation.