Two men, Isaac Ali Dani Peréz Triviño, 27, of Spain and Julio Anderson Luciano, 32, originally from Brazil were murdered in their home in January of 2006. Their confessed murderer, Jacobo Piñeiro Rial who tried to cover up his crime by setting fire to their apartment, was acquitted of the murders and almost acquitted of the arson charge as well. Why was he acquitted? Because he basically said he experienced a "gay panic" when the two men tried to have sex with him.
No one witnessed the crime, but Piñeiro Rial admitted stabbing Peréz Triviño, whom he met in the bar where he worked, and his partner Anderson Luciano a total of 57 times. He claimed he was out of his mind on cocaine and alcohol and defended himself when Peréz Triviño tried to rape him at knife-point in the middle of the night. However his testimony was inconsistent within itself and with evidence presented at the trial.
The events according to Blabbeando:
There are no independent witnesses, but police and forensic experts say that the murder rampage began around 4:00am. Apparently, Pérez Triviñio was stabbed first but did not die. Piñeiro then stabbed Anderson Luciano twice while in the couples' room, and 22 more times as he followed his victim out of the room, into a corridor and out to the living room - where he died.
Pérez Triviñio, in the meantime, had locked himself in the room and records show that he was able to call local authorities. The call was cut short when Piñeiro was able to break back into the room and finish him off by stabbing him 35 more times.
In the living room, he tied Anderson Luciano's hands and put a blanket over his body; in the bedroom, he placed a blanket over Pérez Triviñio's head, tied a cable around it, and tethered it to a bed post. He then emptied closets and threw clothes all over the apartment, poured alcohol and set everything on fire.
Piñeiro left the building around 9:30am. He was carrying the suitcase he had filled with the men's belongings and initially asked a friend if he could hide it. When his friend declined, he went back to his hometown, Cangas, and walked into another bar. When news of the fire and double-murder flashed on the television screen, he confessed to the bartender that he'd been the one to set the place on fire, and asked him to hide the suitcase. The bartender also declined to keep it. Piñeiro was arrested a couple of days later based on leads given by the men he encountered after leaving Vigo.
Piñeiro Rial has yet to be sentenced, but he only faces a possible 15-20 year sentence for the arson. A Facebook page has been set up calling for protests in many cities including Vigo, Barcelona, Madrid, and New York.
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