MADRID, Jan 21 — The parents of a Spanish toddler who fell into an illegally-excavated well a year ago, setting off a frantic rescue effort that grabbed international attention, have reached a legal settlement with the landowner, prosecutors said yesterday. The trial over the death of the...
A capsule is seen on a truck at the area where Julen, a Spanish two-year-old boy, fell into a deep well earlier in Totalan, southern Spain January 22, 2019. — Reuters pic
The trial over the death of the two-year-old boy Julen in Totalan in southern Spain had been set to begin today, a year after the nearly two-week, round-the-clock operation to rescue him. Now the judge is simply expected to ratify the out-of-court deal. Serrano has accepted responsibility for “homicide due to serious negligence,” an official with the prosecutor's office told Reuters. As part of the deal, Serrano will be sentenced to a year in prison and pay a total of 190,000 euros in compensation to Julen's parents over several years, she added.
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