A court has sentenced the perpetrator of a crime of domestic violence to compensate two Guardia Civil officers who were attacked when they attempted to restrain him. The conviction by a court in Torrevieja has served as an argument for the Association of Civil Guards (AUGC) to demand that the Government recognise the function of the Civil Guard as “a risky profession “, a condition that the local police forces already have, as well as to denounce the increase in attacks on members of the State security forces, and to request reinforcement measures in the penal code to enable greater protection of agents.
The events took place in May 2023 in Torrevieja when a woman reported her son for a crime of domestic violence, blocking the main door to the house with furniture.
Several Guardia patrols were met at the property with insults and threats from the assailant who refused to cooperate and persisted in his refusal to open the door, so the agents had to request the presence of a locksmith.
Once the door was opened and as the officers were trying to gain access to the house, the man started punching the officer who entered first, so the other officers had to intervene to restrain him. Finally, he was subdued and handcuffed.
The Criminal Court Number 4 of Torrevieja found him guilty of assault against two agents for which he was sentenced to eight months of prison and fines for each of the assaulted agents of the sum of 1,080 euros and 1,930 euros.
The AUGC of Alicante says that according to data from the Statistical System of Criminality of the Ministry of the Interior, the year 2023 closed with 16,762 attacks on its members, exceeding the data for 2022 by 0.66%, a number that will almost certainly be exceeded once again in 2024.
