The lesbian woman who killed her rapist leaves the jail
GAYLES.TV.- “¡I am free! I can not believe it! ". These were the first words uttered by Ego Analía De Jesús, Higui, after his release. After almost eight months of preventive detention, the lesbian woman accused of killing her alleged rapist finally he is free.
Higui She was detained since the early morning of the 17 in October of 2016, accused of killing Cristian Rubén Espósito of a stab. According to her version, Esposito and two other friends insulted her for her sexual orientation, beat her and threw her on the ground with the intention of raping her. A corrective violation: "I'm going to make you feel like a woman, lesbian liner"One of the assailants told him as he ripped his pants off. When Esposito threw himself at her, Higui stabbed him with a knife that he carried with him to defend himself. The alleged aggressor died almost instantly and De Jesús was imprisoned.
After being arrested, the irregularities. Her family could not see her until three days after the arrest and the case was stopped for five months until she intervened Raquel Hermida, a lawyer with an extensive career in gender violence. Hermida denounced the insultos that he received from the police and the lack of psychological expertise. He discovered that there was no report with the blows which Higui presented at the time of his arrest.
The lawyer alleged legitimate defense against a corrective violation to request your release, which was initially denied in a court of first instance. Without arguing his ruling, the Appeals Chamber of the San Martin court granted him this Monday the extraordinary release. Perhaps their liberation has to do with the whole popular pressure that has been exercised in this case. Higui was one of the symbols of the mobilization «Not one less against sexist violence»Held on June 3 in Buenos Aires. During the march you could read banners that read: «Freedom for Higui. Attacked by lesbian, arrested for defending herself«.
In so far this year 133 women Victims of gender violence have been murdered in Argentina. After his release, another popular campaign has already started demanding his acquittal in the trial scheduled for 2018.
Source: The Clinic, El País, World TKM
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