The Torremolinos Court number 3 refers the case against Marco, accused of murdering Sibora in 2014 and hiding her body in a house in El Calvario, where it was found nine years later.
The case regarding the death of Sibora, the young woman who went missing in 2014 and whose body was discovered walled up nine years later in a house in Torremolinos, is now in the hands of the Málaga Court. The Torremolinos Court number 3 has forwarded the case to the provincial court, which must set the date for the jury trial, as confirmed by Diario Sur based on judicial sources.
This move comes after a preliminary hearing was held in June, during which the Prosecutor's Office and the private prosecution, representing the victim's family, requested the opening of an oral trial against the accused. The investigating judge agreed to this opening in an order that established the justiciable facts and designated the Jury Court as the competent body for the trial.
The prosecution is seeking 22 years in prison for Marco. This request breaks down into 20 years for a murder charge in the context of gender violence, with premeditation and the aggravating factor of kinship, and an additional two years for a crime against moral integrity.
The defence seeks acquittal. Alternatively, it argues that the facts fit into a homicide charge and the subsequent concealment of the body, requesting minimum sentences as it believes that mitigating factors of confession and addiction to narcotic substances apply. In his statement, the accused "acknowledges his involvement in the incident that led to Sibora's death and the concealment of the body," but rejects the other accusations and denies acting in a planned manner.
According to the prosecution's version, the accused met Sibora in 2010 in the Italian town of Nettuno, when she was nearly 19 years old. That same year, the couple moved to Spain and settled in Torremolinos. After living in several residences, their relationship temporarily ended in late 2013, although they continued to live together in a property in the El Calvario area that the accused had rented, where the body was discovered.
The indictment places the death sometime during the week of July 7 to 14, 2014, when the victim was 22 years old. According to this version, the accused attacked Sibora with a knife and inflicted at least four stab wounds, three of which were to her back. Afterwards, the prosecution claims, he hid the body in a compartment built in a space on the second floor of the attic and, in the days and months that followed, spread the idea among acquaintances and family that she had left. The account notes that he even filed a missing person report.
“Crying, saying he wanted Sibora to come back, that he was in love, that they wanted to get married”
The case was reactivated on May 17, 2023, when the accused was arrested as the presumed perpetrator of the death, also by knife, of Paula, his partner at that time. In spontaneous statements to police officers, he indicated that Sibora was nearby, "buried in a wall." The investigation was resumed, and the body was located in June.
The defence argues that the events occurred in the context of an argument between the accused and the victim, with tension and physical confrontation, and that the injuries were caused during a struggle with the knife, denying that the action was reflective, cold, or premeditated.
The same Torremolinos court handled the case regarding Paula's murder, for which the accused was sentenced to 24 years in prison, a sentence that is currently being appealed.
With the case now in the Málaga Court, the next step is for the court to set the date for the jury trial. Until then, the accused remains in his current legal situation and the prosecution maintains its request for 22 years in prison.
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