The Criminal Court number 1 of Ponferrada sentenced an individual to a sentence of two years less one day in jail and to pay compensation worth more than 2,000 euros to an individual who burned a container at the door of his ex-girlfriend's house in Fabero, in protest at the breakup of the romantic relationship.The events occurred on June 26, 2021, around 5:40 a.m., when the convicted person went to the vicinity of the building where his ex-partner lives, with whom he had an 18-year relationship that ended in July 2019, t upset with She for this reason and for having blocked him on the mobile phone, set fire to a nearby garbage container and to the awning of the commercial premises located under the window of the victim's home, in addition to damaging the plate of the automatic video door entry with the flame from a lighterThe damage to the rubbish bin, owned by the Fabero City Council, forced its replacement, with the consequent cost of 671.55 euros;while the awning of the commercial premises suffered material damage whose repair was assumed by the insurance company, with an amount of 1,287.78 euros.On the other hand, the repair of the video intercom was budgeted in the amount of 1,078.11 euros, without having been repaired to date.It is not proven that after the breakup of the sentimental relationship, Tomás made phone calls or sent constant and insistent WhatsApp messages and voice notes to the victim with the intention of bothering, pressuring or intimidating her;maintaining both telephone contacts to try to resolve pending issues referring, essentially, to the collection of belongings and the payment of the mortgage.After resolving them, she blocked the defendant from having contact with him.The judge infers the participation of the appellant in the criminal acts and considers facts to be accredited, such as that there is direct evidence of them, specifically by the statements of the accused, who admits having burned the telephone, recognizing himself in the recording of the security cameras of the portal provided by the complainant;by statement of the aforementioned complaining witness who provided the recording and screenshots of his mobile phone with the messages and notes sent by the accused and that the accused also acknowledged;and of the Civil Guard agents who prepared the report that contains the visual inspection that includes the fire damage to the awning and the container, as well as the intervention report that accounts for the immediacy of the arrival of the agents.All this according to what the judge expresses in the second and fourth grounds of law of the sentence.In view of these facts accredited by direct evidence, the Criminal Judge reaches the conclusion —which the Provincial Court considers coherent, logical, precise and rational— of the authorship of the proven facts by the accused, as regards there is sufficient circumstantial evidence for them, although the factual conclusion is obtained from directly accredited evidence.EL DIARIO DE LEON SA Carretera León-Astorga, Km. 4.5 24010. Trobajo del Camino (León) Spain