Felipe Pettinato Was Sentenced to Three Years in Prison, but Will Not Go to Prison
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The Oral Criminal Court (TOC) N°14 Porteño announced the decision of the judges
The ruling against Felipe Pettinato sparked a strong controversy and a riotous reaction on the part of Melchor Rodrigo’s family. After justice sentenced him to three years in prison in suspense for guilty fire followed by death, his loved ones did not hide their outrage and questioned the resolution harshly. Disclaimer was given live in DDM, where Hernán, the victim’s brother, and Alejandro López, his best friend, spoke unfiltered about what hap…
The Oral Criminal and Correctional Court N°14 sentenced the artist Felipe Pettinato to three years in prison of conditional execution for the fire that occurred in his department of the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo (Comuna 14), in which the neurologist Melchor Rodrigo died on May 16, 2022.
Felipe Pettinato was sentenced on Monday to three years in suspended prison for the death of his neurologist Melchor Rodrigo on 16 May 2022 following a fire in his apartment in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Belgrano and will not be imprisoned. The Oral Criminal and Correctional Court No. 14 held the son of saxophonist and driver Roberto Pettinato criminally responsible for the crime of “guilty fire followed by death” and the verdict included…
Felipe Pettinato was sentenced to three years in suspended prison due to the crime of culpable fire followed by death that ended with Melchor Rodrigo, a neurologist, with 90% of his body burned and his apartment in uninhabitable conditions on May 16, 2022. It should be recalled that he also had a sentence of nine months for simple sexual abuse of a minor who happened on April 8, 2022 and for which he was tried on April 29, 2024.
Before the verdict, Pettinato refused to give his last words and did not testify during the trial, in which more than 15 witnesses and experts participated.
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