The journalist, sentenced to 18 years in jail for the murder of the girl, has dedicated the book to the deceased. This is a novel “of love, heartbreak and humor” explain from the publishing house
The journalist Alfonso Basterrawho is in prison complying with the murder of his daughter Asunta in 2013, has published his first novel. The text, titled ‘Cito’, Vitruvio editions goes on sale and is dedicated to the girl. As reported by the publisher in a statement, Basterra wrote the novel from Teixeiro prison And it tells “a love and heartbreak story,” through the doctor of a town located in Castilla y León, set in the rural in the 40s, “but with a magical vision.” The publishing house has also reported that Basterra “Continue writing a second part, letting literature help you in your day” Between bars. On the novel, which define as “love, humor and heartbreak,” they explain that it is “a sublime art exercise with characters full of humanity.”
Alfonso Basterra was sentenced by the Provincial Court of La Coruña to 18 years in prison for the murder of his daughter Asuntaonly 12 years, whose body appeared on a forest track of Teo in September 2013. At the same penalty the mother of the child was sentenced, Rosario Portowho took his life in the prison of Brieva, in November 2020. The convictions were ratified by the Superior Court of Xustiza de Galicia first and, subsequently, by the Supreme Court. Since then, the journalist remains internal in the Teixeiro prison. Although he has requested the third degree several times, he has never been granted Because there is no recognition of the crime. Nor has he enjoyed any permit.
In the trial held in the Galician capital for the murder of the girl, which was sedated for months before the crime, Basterra denied his participation in death. However, a popular jury accused him to understand that he had been the person who had acquired the medication to drug the little girl, who was suffocated in the family home. The sentence concluded that The parents devised a joint plan To end the girl’s life and not be discovered.
In his life in prison, which for years has focused on the prison library, Basterra tried to go unnoticed, although without much fortune. In view of the murder of the little girl, he denounced having suffered physical aggressions between bars and was later surprised by passing an object forbidden an inmate. The strap with officials and other inmates They have also marked part of their history, so on some occasion it had to be transferred to the isolation module.
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