A Madrid court has sentenced Daniel Ávila, a 37-year-old man with a physical disability, to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release for the fatal stabbing of Sebastián Bello, a 35-year-old Chilean teacher. Bello was killed on the night of 22 December 2023 at the Bar Batán in central Madrid, where he had stopped during a layover en route from London to Chile with his partner; Ávila admitted to stabbing him in the neck with a penknife, claiming Bello had been bothering a woman he was in love with. The Audiencia Provincial de Madrid (Spain's main intermediate criminal court) also imposed a 20-year restraining order protecting the victim's partner, while prosecutors had sought a longer 22-year sentence on the grounds of premeditation.