The woman strangled by her ex-partner Sunday afternoon in Arroyo de Cuéllar (Segovia) He could not overcome his serious injuries who suffered and died this Thursday to the hospital, where she has remained admitted since then in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to sources from the government subdelegation in Segovia.
Some facts for which he is already in provisional prison, communicated and without bail, as agreed by the Court of First Instance and Instruction of Sepúlveda – temporarily replacing that of Cuéllar -, which also dictated the deprivation parental authority over the common minor daughter, who is currently with her maternal grandmother.
The events that cost the life of the woman, aged around 40, occurred on Sunday afternoon, in Arroyo de Cuéllar. The man was subject to a restraining order, but this was not respected. Both of them, of foreign nationality, lived in Cuéllar, but at that time they were in this small local entity about nine kilometers away and it was there that what ended in tragedy happened. Without any roof covering, He tried to strangle his partner with his bare hands and gave him violent blows.
She arrived at the hospital in very serious condition. When the emergency services responded to the call for help, he had already fled the scene, although he was arrested shortly after by the device made up of several Civil Guard patrols in Cuéllar.
He was prohibited from approaching the woman and communicating with her by any means, as announced by the Superior Court of Justice, after a complaint filed by her about a month ago. Which he failed to do.
In pre-trial detention, the man had already entered prison before his death as the alleged perpetrator of the offenses of attempted homicide and violation of a protection order. The Cuéllar Town Hall has declared three days of mourning.
With this woman, 38 people have now died as victims of gender-based violence this year in Spain. In Castile and León, two people lost their lives at the hands of their partner or ex-spouse.
