The Seventh Section of the Seville Court has resolved this Tuesday, through an agreement of conformity between the parties, the trial brought against the rapper José Miguel Arenas Beltránknown as Valtonycfor having called on the audience at a concert held in Marinaleda to “kill a fucking civil guard.”
As a result of said conformity agreement, the accused has acknowledged the facts and the Prosecutor’s Office and the private prosecution carried out by the Unified Association of the Civil Guard (AUGC), which They demanded four years in prison and a fine of 3,600 euros for the crime of provocation to commit an attack. and three years in prison if a possible crime of aggravated threats is found; have modified their accusation documents, reducing their requests to two years in prison and payment of costs, for a crime of serious threats with the aggravating circumstance of recidivism and the mitigating circumstance of repentance.
The accused has acknowledged that “it is true” that his words at that concert held on March 31, 2018 in the Sevillian town of Marinaleda were “in bad taste” and “unpleasant” and has admitted that they would have “annoyed”, publicly asking ” sorry” for such manifestations.
After recognizing such extremes and accepting a sentence of two years in prison, his defense has requested the suspension of said prison sentence given the regret shown, the years that have passed since the events and that José Miguel Arenas Beltrán “is no longer the same person.” that at that time, a request for suspension to which the Prosecutor’s Office and the AUGC have not opposed.
The court has decided to decide on said request for suspension of the prison sentence during the execution phase of the sentence, stating that it will take “into consideration” the arguments put forward by the defense.