Released Alcàsser killer 'sleeping rough near Barcelona railway line'
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 @ 10:59 AM
ALCÀSSER killer Miguel Ricart has been sleeping rough after travelling from one end of the country to the other trying to find somewhere to stay, report various sources.
The only person to be convicted and jailed over the brutal murder, rape and torture of three random teenage girls, Toñi, Miriam and Désirée in November 1992, Ricart is considered to be the most hated man in Spain.
His family has apparently disowned him, and his ex-wife and the daughter who was born just days after his arrest have not had any contact with him in nearly 21 years.
And Ricart says he does not want his family 'dragged into' the media circus his release under European human rights law has caused.
After leaving the Herrera de la Mancha prison in Ciudad Real, Ricart, 44, took a train in the direction of the southern city of Jaén.
He has permanent police escorts, in accordance with the judge's orders, and the former chaplain of the prison is also accompanying the ex-convict.
Ricart got off the train in Linares to avoid the crowds of reporters awaiting him in Jaén, and was met by a television crew who took him to Madrid and put him in a four-star hotel.
But public outcry at the thought of the accused murderer being paid to appear on TV meant the station dropped the slot, and Ricart was forced to spend the week in what has been described as a 'dingy hostel' before making his way to the Andalucía city of Córdoba.
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