15 year old Chilean who was found guilty in February last year of stabbing to death a 71 year old British pensioner, Peter Cockshutt, to death, on the Costa del Silencio in Arona, Tenerife, has been sentenced to seven years of internment. Three years of the internment must be closed, followed by 26 months of probation.
The youth must also attend 20 months of therapy.
He had been found guilty of homicide, robbery and burglary.
Judge María Vega Álcarez, in Juvenile Court 1 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, also imposed compensation of 103,000 € be paid to the wife of the victim, to be paid by the adolescent’s parents.
The victim’s body was found on the night of February 8, and the next day the accused was arrested, following identification of fingerprints at the scene and the fact that the youth was already in the Guardia Civil records.
