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A man will go on trial this week for alleged threats and plans to burn down the home of another person with whom your partner may have had an intimate encounter, although he made a mistake and caused damage to another house. The Malaga prosecutor’s office is asking for 13 years in prison against this defendant and also accuses two other people of allegedly helping him.
According to the initial conclusions of the prosecutor, to which Europa Press has had access, the accused He allegedly threatened to kill both by phone and by text messages and “on several occasions”, to the man because he was “upset” after his partner had an intimate encounter with a colleague.
But also, “not satisfied”, According to the public prosecution, he convinced the other two accused to “attack the man’s property”, “without worrying that this would cause damage to the other floors of the building where he lived” in the capital of Malaga.
Thus, the prosecution claims, in September 2021, after passing by the gas station to “collect the corresponding combustion accelerator” and once they had it in a bottle, they would have “placed a cloth inside as a wick, which they set on fire” and went to the agreed location.
But they failed to locate the victim’s window and, according to the prosecution, “They threw away the flammable contents of the bottle” to a woman’s apartment, a building that caught fire “generating a physical danger for the residents of said house and those to whom the fire could have spread”.
The woman suffered a leg injury that healed in about ten days. In addition, the damage to the house was valued at 18,000 euroseven if the owner does not claim them, since she has been compensated by the insurance company, which is asking for compensation.
The prosecutor accuses the three defendants of a arson crime with danger to peoplerequesting 12 years in prison; while the main accused is also charged with the offence of uttering threats, for which he is requesting a one-year prison sentence.
The trial will take place this Monday, September 16, before the ninth section of the Malaga court. The prosecution also asked the three to pay the insurer 18,000 euros in compensation. for the damages and the woman with 340 euros for the injuries.
