The woman accused of killing her husband in a house in Orihuela Costa has now been held in custody for more than a month despite pleading that her own life was at risk as she acted in self-defence.
At a hearing in Provincial High Court of Elche on Thursday, the prosecutor, once again, insisted that there is a risk of her escape, while the defence lawyer has continued in his line of arguing that her fundamental rights are being violated as a result of the accumulation of procedural and material irregularities in both the pre-procedural and procedural phases of the proceedings.
Defence lawyer, Sánchez Otharán, has denied that there is a risk of escape, as the woman has been residing in Spain for several years. He has asked for other less burdensome measures such as the withdrawal of the passport, the prohibition of exit from the country, periodic appearances at a police station or even the wearing of a tag.
He reminded the judge that It was the woman herself who alerted the emergency services of the incident, explaining that after being attacked and assaulted by her husband, both inside and outside the house, she had stabbed him with a kitchen knife, but only in self-defence, she said.
The incident occurred in the presence of the couple’s children, aged 6, 8 and 10, in an isolated house on the Oriolano coast where the family, of Norwegian nationality, were living.
