In preventive prison, the 1st Carabineros sergeant was accused of trying to burn the vehicle of his ex-partner in Los Angeles, Bío Bío region. The uniformed man was formalized for frustrated patricide.
The prosecutor Carlos Díaz stated that the defendant tried to kill the woman and also two children they have in common, for which he allegedly planned and perpetrated the fire of the victim’s car, which was parked at the entrance of her home in a garage that is also the only escape route from the property.
Likewise, informed the court that the defendant’s co-worker, after he found out what had happened, declared that the day before – while they were conducting a routine patrol – he asked him to accompany him to a hardware store to buy overalls and later to a service center, where he bought gasoline that he put in a drum.
Precisely the woman denounced at the time that the syndicated police officer was wearing overalls and that she managed to see him when he fled the place after the start of the incident.
Through the procedures carried out by the Investigative Police Images were obtained from security cameras that place the defendant’s vehicle in the vicinity of the victim’s house, and also a person testified that he recognized the car in the vicinity of the victim’s home.
Records were also obtained of the toll plazas between the Bío Bío and Los Ríos regions along Route 5-South, which account for the transit of this policeman’s vehicle, both the previous and subsequent transfer.
With all these evidences, The Court of Guarantee considered that the freedom of the accused represents a danger to the safety of the victims, for which reason it was decided to order preventive detention for a period of two months.
This article describes an ongoing legal process
There is a possibility that the charges will be dismissed at the end of the investigation, therefore The accused should NOT be considered as guilty until Justice dictates sentence against him.
(Article 04 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)
