They ask for 7 years for the couple accused of stealing 66,500 euros from the man who let them live in his house

The Cantabria Prosecutor’s Office requests seven and seven and a half years in prison for a man and a woman who are accused of stealing 66,500 euros from the assets of a man who had let them live in his house.

For this reason, they are accused of crimes of theft, fraud and falsehood. The trial will be held on Tuesday, November 5, from 10:00 a.m. in the Third Section of the Provincial Court of Cantabria.

FACTS

The story that the Prosecutor’s Office includes in its provisional indictment explains that the couple met the victim who, shortly after, allowed them to live in his house “to help each other”. At a time when the owner of the home was hospitalized and with the aim of obtaining an illicit economic benefit, both defendants took various effects from the home, without the owner’s consent, worth around 2,000 euros.

Since the The victim’s admission was prolonged due to various pathologiesasked them to bring his personal checkbook to the hospital, authorizing the accused to withdraw 3,500 euros from the bank to purchase orthopedic material.

STICKS AND CARDS

Thus, the defendant, in connivance with the other person involved, He filled out various stubs and signed them as if he were the injured party. In this way, they obtained nearly 53,000 euros.

Furthermore, during that time a bank credit cardwith the corresponding pin for use, with which they withdrew 11,500 euros from the ATM. The victim died and the children claim as harmed, the Superior Court of Justice of Cantabria has reported.

CRIMES

The Prosecutor’s Office considers the suspects to be the perpetrators of a continuous crime of theft, another of aggravated fraud and another continuous crime of document falsification. In the case of the accused, the aggravating circumstance of recidivism in the crime of theftfor which he requests a sentence of seven and a half years in prison and 4,320 euros. And for the accused, he demands seven years in prison and the same fine. In terms of civil liability, it requests that they be sentenced to pay compensation to the relatives of the deceased of 66,500 euros, the amount they stole.

The private prosecution, for its part, requests for each of them a prison sentence of nine years and three monthsa fine of 9,000 euros and the same compensation as the prosecutor.