Mother sentenced to life for daughter’s murder in Barcelona Court

ERN Newsroom Posted On 29th May 2024

A mother who killed her four-year-old daughter has been handed a full life sentence after being found guilty of her murder.

Cristina Rivas was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Barcelona court for the murder of her daughter Yaiza, in May 2021.

The jury found Rivas guilty after they said the killing was intended to be an act of revenge against the child’s father.

The sentence comes after Ms. Rivas admitted guilt to the child’s death.

Photo: De Pere López – Trabajo propio, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16352414

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