Mataram - The Mataram District Court (PN) in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) held the first trial in the case of the murder of the Spanish citizen, Maria Matilda Munoz Cazorla, with the defendants named Suhaeli and Heri Ridwan from Senggigi.
The trial with the agenda of reading the indictment from the public prosecutor was held in open court with a panel of judges headed by Kelik Trimargo, Wednesday, December 17.
During the trial, the panel of judges initially questioned the two defendants who were present without the assistance of legal counsel.
Because the two defendants stated that they were unable to pay for legal counsel, the panel of judges appointed the Legal Assistance Post (Posbakum) to accompany them in the trial.
After the appointment, the panel of judges officially opened the trial and invited the public prosecutor to read the indictment of the two defendants.
In the reading of the indictment, the public prosecutor represented by Danny Curia Novitawan explained the chronology of the murder of Maria Matilda, an elderly woman (elderly) 73 years old at a hotel in the Senggigi area, a famous tourist area on the island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.
It was revealed that there was a motive of revenge from one of the defendants, namely Heri Ridwan who was an employee of the hotel where Maria Matilda stayed and died.
Because of this motive, the initial plan of their action, which only wanted to steal valuables at night in the room where the victim was staying, ended in murder.
So in the indictment, the public prosecutor charged that the actions of the two defendants had violated Article 340 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 378 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 363 paragraph (4) of the Criminal Code.
After the indictment was read, the two defendants through their legal advisers from Posbakum stated that they did not submit a note of objection or objection to the public prosecutor's indictment.
After hearing the statement, the panel of judges stated that the trial would continue to the agenda of proof by inviting the public prosecutor to present witnesses on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
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