The Supreme Court decided to reduce the sentence applied to a person who was sentenced for the fire at the San Pablo station of the Santiago Metro, which occurred on October 19, 2019 during the so-called social outbreak.
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The decision was adopted unanimously by the Second Chamber of the country’s highest court, made up of ministers Haroldo Brito, Jorge Dahm and Leopoldo Llanos, minister María Teresa Letelier and member lawyer Diego Munita. The determination was based on the fact that an error was established in the first degree sentence, pronounced by the First Court of Oral Criminal Trial of Santiago in April of this year.
In it, Daniel Bustos Trabol was sentenced to 12 years in prison, based on an article of the Penal Code that has been repealed.
In this way, the Chamber partially accepted an appeal for annulment filed by the defense of Bustos Trabol. His representation is in charge of the lawyers of the North Metropolitan Regional Ombudsman (DRMN) Camila Valenzuela and Marcelo Jerez.
Thus, the sentence was reduced to ten years in prison in its minimum degree. The determination was adopted on Friday, September 2.
“The motion for annulment filed by the Ombudsman was accepted. The Chamber considered that the First Oral Trial Court of Santiago had made an erroneous application of the law at the time of applying sentence, because it did not consider the current regulations and that it was more beneficial for my client. This resulted in the highest court reducing the sentence imposed,” explained defender Valenzuela.
