Two found guilty of causing the death of a German tourist in Mallorca

The two during one of the court sessions. | Miquel À. Cañellas

Andrew EdePalma20/12/2024 17:23
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Francisco Jesús J. and José David R. have been sentenced to 12 years and five months and 15 years respectively for causing the death of a 20-year-old German tourist in October 2022.

A Palma jury found them guilty a week ago. José David R. was given the higher sentence as it was he who threw Tim Vogt out of a Citroën Berlingo van that Francisco Jesús J. was driving. The court also took into account a mitigating circumstance of Francisco Jesús J.'s drug addiction.

But both were culpable of "the gratuitousness of the act". They had given a ride to Tim, who was drunk, having picked him up in the Playa de Palma nightlife area. They had intended to steal his phone.

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The judge said on Friday that they could have left him anywhere that did not pose a risk to his life - at the next roundabout on the motorway, for example. They instead demonstrated "absolute indifference". He was thrown out on a stretch of road with poor visibility and high-speed vehicles.

"They knew that it was very likely that his death would occur given Tim's state of alcohol intoxication." He was run over by a Renault Clio and killed instantly.

The two have also been ordered to pay compensation of just under 200,000 euros to Tim's parents and sister.