Jail for man, 83, who killed violent burglar
Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 4:34 PM
A HOMEOWNER in his 80s who shot a burglar to stop him attacking his wife has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, but the prosecution plans to appeal.
Jacinto Siverio (pictured right), who was 80 at the time – and is now 83 – was asleep when two masked individuals burst into his rural home in Arafo, Tenerife on March 1, 2015.
They smashed the window of the room where Siverio's wife, 69 and her sister, 64, had been in bed before the noise awoke them.
The sister managed to lock herself into a toilet, but Jacinto's wife was pinned to the wall with an iron bar as the burglars threatened her and demanded she hand over all her cash.
Jacinto, awoken by the shouts and bangs, took his Ruby .38-calibre revolver from his safe deposit box and fired a warning shot at the skirting board, then pulled the trigger a second time, striking one of the intruders on the left side of his face.
The bullet severed his jugular vein and flew out of the right side of his neck.
Although the victim was able to stagger out onto the back patio, he collapsed and died almost immediately.
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