Andorra Trial Ends for 'Demon' Spaniard: Prosecutors Seek 20 Months Jail Despite Addiction Evidence

The trial of a 40-year-old Spanish resident nicknamed the "demon" for his behaviour under the influence concluded on Wednesday at Andorra's Tribunal de Corts, with prosecutors demanding 20 months in firm prison despite psychiatric evidence of long-term addictions to alcohol, cocaine, and cannabis.

The case stems from an incident on the morning of 18 August 2022, when Mossos d'Esquadra officers stopped the man walking towards Andorra on a road, showing obvious signs of heavy intoxication. Andorran police had an active search alert for him after he failed to appear for several days to serve a prior 12-month nocturnal arrest sentence at La Comella penitentiary centre. During the stop, he grew aggressive, repeatedly insulting officers, threatening to kill them with phrases such as "us mataré" and "la teva mare t’haurà de portar flors al cementiri", and directing explicit sexual insults at a female agent, including "Nena, quan pugui t’obro el cul i et follo".

A psychiatrist who examined him in November 2022 testified that he suffered from a long-evolving alcohol dependency compounded by other substances, leading to progressive cognitive and personal deterioration. She noted narcissistic and antisocial personality traits linked to his consumption, stating he became "incapable of controlling himself" during episodes despite retaining cognitive abilities otherwise. The expert confirmed prior reports of addiction-related personality disorder, multiple psychiatric admissions at the Unió de Centres d'Assistència (UCA), and his inability to resume normal work or family life.

Prosecutors argued the offences were proven and rejected addiction as a mitigating factor, emphasising his awareness that substances triggered aggression. They highlighted his pattern of threats, often carried out, alongside eight prior convictions for substance use, breach of sentence, threats, and resisting authority.

The defence acknowledged the facts but stressed his extreme intoxication and described him as otherwise calm. They sought a maximum of four months served in prison, with the remainder suspended conditional on medical treatment and social reintegration at a rehabilitation centre. In final statements, the defendant apologised, expressed remorse, and insisted "prison is not the solution", adding that substances made him say things he would never utter sober, such as calling his own mother "desgraciada".

The court has yet to issue its verdict.