David Oubel Explained

David Oubel Renedo^[1] (born 26 April 1975)^[2] is a Spanish murderer who killed his two daughters Candela and Amaia, aged 9 and 4 respectively, in Moraña, Galicia, on 31 July 2015.^[1]

Oubel received the landmark of being the first person sentenced to life imprisonment in Spain (Spanish; Castilian: prisión permanente revisable) since the relevant legislation was passed in March 2015 and enacted at the start of July. Oubel was convicted on 6 July 2017.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Background

Oubel was born and raised in Avilés in Asturias.^[6] Oubel confessed to his crimes in court, but did not explain a motive, and denied that he had a mental illness.^[6] The prosecutor Alejandro Pazos believed that Oubel was not mentally ill, but had elements of narcissistic and psychopathic personalities.^[1] Oubel received the maximum penalty due to the aggravating factors of malice aforethought – he sedated his victims – the age of his victims and his parental responsibility to them.^[6] Oubel was also banned from contacting their mother for 30 years, and made to pay her €300,000 in compensation.^[6]

Arrest and aftermath

From his arrest, Oubel was detained in the Villahierro prison near León and was only held in Galicia during his trial. For reasons of security he remains in Villahierro instead of serving his sentence in Galicia or his native Asturias.^[7] Enrique Abuín Gey "El Chicle", another Galician serving a life sentence for the murder of Diana Quer, is also incarcerated there.^[8] Prison staff have described Oubel as an isolated man who does not speak to staff or inmates.^[8]

In March 2020, Oubel was sentenced to another three and a half years in prison for appropriating €69,651 from eight homeowner associations between 2012 and 2015.^[9]

Notes and References

1. News: Puga . Natalia . La personalidad "narcisista y fría" del parricida que asesinó a sus dos hijas con una radial . The "narcissistic and cold" personality of the filicide who murdered his two daughters with a radial saw. 30 December 2020 . . 5 July 2017 . Spanish.
2. Web site: Casals Fernández . Ángela . La ejecución penitenciaria de la pena de prisión permanente revisable. The penitentiary execution of the punishment of permanent revisable prison. . 30 December 2020 . 688 . Spanish.
3. News: Lois . Elisa . El parricida de Pontevedra, el primer condenado en España a prisión permanente por degollar a sus hijas. The filicide of Pontevedra, first person sentenced in Spain to life in prison for slitting his daughters' throats. 30 December 2020 . . 7 July 2017 . Spanish.
4. News: Abet . Patricia . El filicida de Moraña, primer condenado a prisión permanente de España. The filicide from Moraña, first person sentenced to life in prison in Spain. 30 December 2020 . . 6 July 2017 . Spanish.
5. News: El parricida de Moraña, primer condenado a la prisión permanente revisable en España. The parricide from Moraña, first person sentenced to permanent revisable prison in Spain. 30 December 2020 . . 6 July 2017 . Spanish.
6. News: Martínez . Marián . El avilesino David Oubel, primer español condenado a cadena perpetua . Avilés-born David Oubel, first Spaniard sentenced to life imprisonment. 31 December 2020 . . 6 July 2017 . Spanish.
7. News: López Penide . Alfredo . El parricida avilesino no cumplirá la prisión permanente en Villabona. The filicide from Avilés will not serve his life sentence in Villabona . 31 December 2020 . . 12 July 2017 . Spanish.
8. News: Romero . Javier . La vida en prisión de dos asesinos. The prison life of two murderers . 31 December 2020 . La Voz de Asturias . 4 January 2019 . Spanish.
9. News: Condenan al parricida de Moraña por apropiarse de 70.000€ de comunidades de vecinos . Filicide from Moraña sentenced for appropriating €70,000 from homeowner associations. 31 December 2020 . Diario de Pontevedra . 13 March 2020 . Spanish.