Overview
- The Pontevedra provincial court, which issued the sentence Friday, set a 20-year prison term for murder with alevosía.
- The jury concluded Rama stabbed 25-year-old Soufian Mahra in the chest, piercing the pericardium and right ventricle, which caused death within minutes.
- Judges applied alevosía, a surprise attack that prevents self-defense, and declined ensañamiento for lack of proof of added cruelty, which reduced the term below the 25 years the prosecution sought.
- The court ordered more than €214,800 in damages to Mahra’s parents and siblings, citing the family’s psychological harm in its calculation.
- The ruling is not final and can be appealed to Galicia’s high court, and Rama remains in custody with expulsion and a 10-year return ban set if he later gains conditional release.