GUILTY UK - Luz Margory Isaza Villegas, 50, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, 12 Jan 2019

[Alyce]

Same prosecutor as Ian Stewart trial for the murder of Helen Bailey.

Oh he was good, I liked the Strimmer

 

[Tortoise]

Yesterday's court schedule, no reports that I can find

Trial (Part Heard) - Witness Number 4 Sworn - 10:45
Trial (Part Heard) - No Event - 11:27
Trial (Part Heard) - Witness Number 5 Sworn - 11:41
Trial (Part Heard) - Witness Number 6 Sworn - 11:53
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 12:15 - 12:07
Trial (Part Heard) - Witness Number 7 Sworn - 12:23
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 14:20 - 13:02

St Albans Crown Court Court Listings 2019-07-19, Daily Case Hearing Archives, Details

 

[Tortoise]

Mr Giraldo-Tascon: "I was trying to grab her hand so she would not cut herself or maybe she wouldn't fall on top of the knife.

Murder accused says wife lunged at him with knife

 

[Tortoise]

Yesterday:

St Albans Crown Court 2 T20197016
Alberto Rodrigo Giraldo-Tascon
Details: Trial (Part Heard) - Defendant Sworn - 10:36
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 12:00 - 11:45
Trial (Part Heard) - Witness Number 16 Continues - 12:02
Trial (Part Heard) - No Event - 12:23
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 14:00 - 13:01
Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 13:56
Trial (Part Heard) - Witness Number 16 Continues - 14:06
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 15:20 - 15:05
Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 15:19

Today:

St Albans Crown Court 2 T20197016
Alberto Rodrigo Giraldo-Tascon
Details: Trial (Part Heard) - Witness Number 16 Continues - 11:06

 

[Tortoise]

She had blunt force traumas to her neck and face and bruising suggested there could have been "strangulation".

Murder accused 'burnt wife's body and buried it'

I wasn't thinking yesterday. This from the prosecutor's opening doesn't seem to match with his account of a knife.

 

[Alyce]

I know I should be used to it by now, but the reasons some defendant's come out with still astonish me.

He decided not to call the police or an ambulance because he realised she was dead.....so instead, he put her in a suitcase and burnt and buried her.

 

[Tortoise]

Trial (Part Heard) - Legal Submissions - 12:19
Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 14:26
Trial (Part Heard) - Summing Up - 14:40
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 10:00 - 14:55

 

[Tortoise]

Trial (Part Heard) - Legal Submissions - 12:19
Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 14:26
Trial (Part Heard) - Summing Up - 14:40
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 10:00 - 14:55

 

[Tortoise]

Trial (Part Heard) - Legal Submissions - 12:19
Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 14:26
Trial (Part Heard) - Summing Up - 14:40
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 10:00 - 14:55

 

[Tortoise]

St Albans Crown Court 2 T20197016
Alberto Rodrigo Giraldo-Tascon
Details: Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 10:01
Trial (Part Heard) - Prosecution Closing Speech - 10:10
Trial (Part Heard) - ALBERTO RODRIGO GIRALDO-TASCON; Defence Closing Speech - 11:03
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 11:35 - 11:49
Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 12:08
Trial (Part Heard) - Summing Up - 12:34
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 14:00 - 12:56
Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 13:55
Trial (Part Heard) - Summing Up - 14:05

 

[Tortoise]

Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 10:00 - 15:59

 

[Tortoise]

Thomas Mackintosh‏Verified account @T_Mackintosh 3h3 hours ago
Rodrigo Giraldo has been found guilty of murdering his wife Luz Margory Isaza Villegas in #HemelHempstead. He has been jailed at St Albans Crown Court for life with a minimum of 19 years

 

[Tortoise]

St Albans Crown Court 2 T20197016
Alberto Rodrigo Giraldo-Tascon
Details: Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 09:59
Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 11:30
Trial (Part Heard) - Jury retire to consider verdict - 11:46
Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 14:07
Trial (Part Heard) - Verdict to be taken - 15:06
Trial (Part Heard) - Hearing finished for ALBERTO RODRIGO GIRALDO-TASCON - 15:58

 

[Alyce]

Super fast but no surprise really.... I expect they also had a long lunch

 

[Tortoise]

Super fast but no surprise really.... I expect they also had a long lunch

Can't find any new reports yet, just the one tweet.

 

[Tortoise]

Caption: Alberto Rodrigo Giraldo-Tascon tod his children their mother had left.


Sentencing, Judge Michael Kay QC said: "Your steps were callous cold-hearted and evil. It involved considerable thought on your part."

Following the verdict the couple's son Julian said: "She was the best Colombian mum who made the best Colombian food.

"She was always getting into people's hearts with love kindness and good humour.

"Always genuine and real. Her laughter was contagious. She made friends everywhere she went. The world has lost a loving soul."

'Cold-hearted' killer who burnt wife jailed

 

[Legally Bland]

Police discovered multiple blunt force trauma injuries to Ms Villegas's face and neck and there was bruising around her neck which suggested strangulation.

Giraldo-Tascon denied murder, claiming his wife had lunged at him with a knife before collapsing.

Sentencing, Judge Michael Kay QC said: "Your steps were callous cold-hearted and evil. It involved considerable thought on your part."

'Cold-hearted' killer who burnt wife jailed

 

[Legally Bland]

^^^ sorry, didn't see you'd already linked the BBC article Tortoise.

 

[Tortoise]

Former Colombian police officer who burnt and buried his wife’s body convicted of murder | The Crown Prosecution Service

 

[JerseyGirl]

Former Colombian police officer who burnt and buried his wife’s body convicted of murder | The Crown Prosecution Service

A former Colombian police officer who killed his wife, burnt her body and buried her in a shallow grave has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and will serve a minimum of 19 years.