The young man was sentenced to three years of hospitalization and psychiatric treatment, with the judge highlighting his lack of repentance and risk of reoffending.
The 14-year-old teenager who killed his own mother was sentenced to three years in prison in a closed educational center.
The decision was announced by the Family and Minors Court of Aveiro, which considered it proven that the young man acted coldly, without showing remorse, and that he has psychopathic traitsthere is a risk that it will kill again.
According to the description given in court, the former councilor of the Chamber of Vagos, Susana Gravato, aged 49, was hit by a first shot in the head while she was sitting on the sofa at home, on the phone. Already injured, she still tried to calm the minor by saying “It’s okay, calm down”, before the son fired the second shot, which proved fatal.
The minor confessed to the crime during the trial, but, according to the judge, he showed no signs of genuine repentance. “It demonstrated complete insensitivity for his mother’s life,” he said. Despite claiming that he had a good relationship with the victim, the young man was unable to explain the reasons for the murder.
The court found that, about an hour before the crime, the teenager had lunch with his parents at a restaurant and returned home alone. After saying goodbye to his mother with a kiss on the forehead, he prepared an escape plan: he took a gun from his father’s closet, ammunition and around 32 thousand euros in cashputting everything in a backpack. Once at the residence, he caught his mother in the living room and fired shots.
During the trial, it was also proven that the young man tried to hide evidence, having covered a video surveillance camera existing in the house. He later claimed to his father that it was a robbery.
Pedopsychiatric reports presented in court indicate that the minor reveals attraction to handling weaponslow frustration tolerance and egocentric behaviors. In view of these conclusions, the Court ordered monthly follow-up in child psychiatry and weekly psychology consultations, support that will also be extended to the father and older brother.
