The County Court condemned 12 years and 6 months in total imprisonment The 35-year-old man who set fire to his partner’s house while he was inside in Alicante set it on fire with the intent to kill him, but was unable to do so thanks to the rapid response of the fire brigade and rescued him in the well of light. where did he take refuge? Although the victim partially returned in the prosecution case and the accused pleaded not guilty, the First Division court defendant, violation of punishment, injury, threat, theft and arson in ideal competition with someone attempted murder.
The decision also includes various prohibitions from coming closer than 500 meters to your spouse and communicating with him for nine years.
The penalty, which can be appealed to the Valencian Community’s High Court of Justice, does not amount to a civil liability penalty for the damage done to the burning house, as the homeowner does not claim.
According to the facts proven in the sentence, the accused, who was convicted of threats and coercion in the family environment, had been in a relationship with the woman he lived with for two years in June and July 2022, although there was a separate eviction lawsuit. to communicate with him.
The couple lived together on a ground floor. Calle Capitán Rueda in Alicante On June 21, 2022, they had an argument at home and the defendant was punched in the face from the level of his left eye, causing him to break.
“I will burn you alive”
Three days later, the accused again argued with the woman and, in an attempt to frighten her, made the following clear threat: “I will burn you alive. I’m going to burn the house down while you’re there”.
Fearing her partner’s threat, the woman decided to sleep at her sister’s house that night because she was afraid of what her partner might do to her.
The next day, June 30, the victim returned to his home and they started a new argument when they found the defendant inside. The man shouted and scolded her to give her the money, until she took her purse and spilled its contents, and left the house on her cell phone.
Woman changed the lock the same day He was taken out of the door of his house for fear of the accused and so that he could not enter again. However, in the early morning of July 1, the defendant went to the house where his wife was sleeping and was unable to get inside. Therefore, knowing that he was sleeping inside, he inserted pressed paper into a hole in the old lock and set it on fire, but it did not burn completely and the fire did not spread.
Then an outside burning object When a sofa started to burn, the flames spread to the whole house and the woman was trapped inside the burning house. When She couldn’t get out, she took refuge in an inner courtyard and was rescued by firefighters when she asked for help.
The fire posed a risk to those living on the 4th floor of the building. and damage to the victim’s home worth 8,258 euros.