He a man accused of the murder of his ex-partner admitted that he choked her while her back was turned to him, then He decapitated and dismembered her with a box cutter. and threw his remains into the sea, part of which appeared on January 8, 2023 on a beach in Marbella.
This Wednesday began jury trial at the Malaga Provincial Court and during his statement, according to Efe and Europa Press, the accused admitted to having made an incision in the abdomen of his ex-partner, Natalia, a 46-year-old auxiliary nurse of Colombian nationality, to sink the body.
Questioned by the prosecutor, he affirmed that the crime had been committed without premeditation. “I didn’t plan it, I didn’t have anything planned, it was something momentary, an impulse“, assured the accused. Questioned by his defense, he declared that he was sorry and consulted his lawyer several times before answering how he had committed the events.
Asked by the jury, through the president of the court, why he was carrying a box cutter when he went to see the woman, he explained that it was plasterboard installer and that for him it is not a weapon but a work tool.
The man faces a prosecutor’s request for 25 years in prison for a crime of murder with the aggravating circumstance of kinship and it is also requested that he be sentenced to nine months in prison for violation of sentence, because he had in force an order prohibiting him from communicating with her by any means or ‘approach.
He The woman’s body appeared in the sea, on the beach between Elviria and Las Chapas, decapitated, without hands. and with a large incision in the abdomen, which, according to the prosecutor, was made to make her leak and prevent her identification.
Discovery of the corpse
After the discovery of the mutilated body divers from the Special Group for Underwater Activities (GEAS) of the Malaga Civil Guard The search to find the woman’s remains was unsuccessful and Marbella City Hall took charge of the management and costs of the victim’s burial.
The accused, a 45 year old Colombianmaintained a romantic relationship with the victim for seven months. The same day the woman’s remains appeared in the sea, her relatives recognized her in images that circulated on social media, reporting her disappearance and warning that she was a victim of gender-based violence.
The woman had received threats over the phone a few days ago from his ex-partner, with whom he had been in a relationship for several months and whom he then denounced for mistreatment.
The National Police The man was initially arrested for violating precautionary measures. expulsion order issued by the judge after his arrest for ill-treatment, but after a reconstruction of the events in Marbella, the ex-boyfriend confessed that he had killed her and thrown the decapitated body into the sea.
