They have admitted it and have had their sentences reduced. The Provincial Court of Murcia summoned this Thursday to the six members of the gang that robbed 13 villas in Malaga, Murcia and Ibiza, one of them, that of the Brazilian footballer Ronaldo on the island, where they seized jewels and watches worth three million euros.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office charged four of the defendants with the crimes of continuous robbery with force, continuous forgery and criminal organization and asked for fourteen years in prison for them. As for the other two defendants, it asked for twelve years in prison for each of them for the first two offenses, but left out the criminal organization. By admitting what they did, they see their sentences reduced: they are reduced to four years and nine months.
The operation to capture the gang that robbed Ronaldo’s house in Ibiza was led from Murcia. And Murcia is where they sat in the bench. It is worth recalling that the gang, led by two Albanian brothers, had committed at least 15 robberies since October 2021, in different locations in the Community of Murcia (San Javier, Pozo Estrecho, La Alberca), Málaga (Torremolinos, Benalmádena), Ibiza y Mallorca.
In addition to serving prison sentences, they must pay a fine of 1,080 euros and face civil liability with a compensation of nearly 300,000 euros.
His last hit was precisely the robbery of Ronaldo Nazario’s villa in Ibiza. On the night of the robbery, on June 26, the Italian footballer was in the luxury villa in Ibiza Marco Verratti and his wifeas well as other friends. Sources of the investigation explained that the assailants entered through the roof.
National Police
They made off with a haul that included watches and jewelry valued at nearly three million euros while Verratti, his wife and some friends were having a barbecue in the garden with catering included. It was the footballer’s wife who surprised the thieves by hearing creaking of the wooden floor on the second floor of the villa. When he went upstairs, he saw a hooded man come out of the room.
At the time of the robbery there were in the villa three watchmentwo of them with dogs and one more who was in charge of guarding the security cameras. These images show how the assailants climb on the roof and wait calmly, even smoking, the moment to pass to the Verratti’s house to steal.
A gold and diamond Rolex
Police recovered Verratti and his wife’s watches and jewelry, including some of their purchase receipts that had been taken by the thieves. For example, that of a Rolex purchased in Monaco for 62,000 euros and that of a jewel purchased in Paris and valued at another 17,600 euros. Another of the watches recovered, gold with diamonds, is valued at about 400,000 euros.