This Friday, the Oral Criminal Court (TOC) No. 4 of San Isidro, determined the acquittal of Nicolas Pachelo for the crime of María Marta García Belsune, who died on October 27, 2002.
Although the main accused He was acquitted of the crime, he will continue in jail due to the country robberies he committed between 2017 and 2018. Nicolas Pachelo, in the past, he had admitted to six of the eight robberies for which he had been charged.
The decision to acquit Nicolas Pachelo it was taken by majority, with the votes of judges Osvaldo Rossi and Esteban Andrejin. While magistrate Federico Ecke voted in dissent, for a sentence.
After hearing the ruling, the defendant assured that he felt “a mixture of sadness and happiness”since although he was acquitted for the crime of García Belsunce, he will remain in jail for robbery.
For his part, Carlos Carrascosa, the victim’s husband, after hearing the verdict, sentenced: “We must wait only for divine Justice”, this since, after 20 years of the murder, the crime continues unpunished.
The prosecution had requested a sentence of life imprisonment for Pachelo for triple qualified homicide. However, the ruling was not a novelty, since rumors of a possible acquittal grew since last Tuesday.
Meanwhile, prosecutors Patricio Ferrari, Andrés Quintana and Federico González, who accused the defendantstated that they will appeal the acquittal, as they seek justice.
The crime of María Marta García Belsunce
María Marta García Belsunce was murdered on October 27, 2022, at her home in Carmel de Pilar. Although her death was initially thought to have been caused by an accident, 35 days after his death, the autopsy revealed that he had been shot six times in the head, which caused his death.
Upon investigation, it was determined that Pachelo he had murdered the sociologist after seeing him rob her property. In addition to the fact that the robbery was proven, the key to the accusation was the new time of the murder set by the coroner at 6:30 p.m., a time at which it was possible to corroborate that Pachelo he was inside the residence, from where he left at 6:59 p.m., that is, 29 minutes after the homicide was committed.
