On July 11, 2018, the Oral Criminal Court No. 9 of Lomas de Zamora, composed of judges Victoria Ballvé, Darío Bellucci, and Juan Manuel Rial, sentenced Lagostena to 22 years in prison for the crime of “homicide in ideal competition with abortion in the context of gender violence.”
During the trial, more than 40 witnesses testified, including former partners of the accused, who recounted similar episodes of violence.
After the ruling, the defense, led by lawyer Francisco Oneto, filed various appeals before the Cassation Chamber and subsequently before the Supreme Court, alleging “an absurd evaluation of the evidence” and requesting a review of the sentence.
On December 18, 2022, the Supreme Court rejected the extraordinary appeal as “inadmissible,” signed by Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosenkrantz, Juan Carlos Maqueda, and Ricardo Lorenzetti, which upheld the sentence.
Now, the possibility of a sentence reduction based on the studies conducted in prison brings the case back into the judicial arena, awaiting a decision from the Chamber of Lomas de Zamora
