The man who killed his wife last Saturday in Alhaurín el Grande (27,552 inhabitants) had been sentenced in December to four months in prison for having broken the restraining order against her. The sentence had been handed down by a Coín court after his then ex-partner, Victoria, had denounced him after receiving a kick on the hip, death threats and insults. The next day, the murderer received a 300-meter restraining order, which he broke in December, although he did not go to jail under the condition of not committing any other crime.
This Saturday he went to the home she shared with her three children together and stabbed her to death. .
Victoria is one of the five women who have been murdered by their partners or ex-partners so far this year throughout the country, which is 1,348 since 2003. Only 22% of them had filed a prior complaint. This is what the deceased woman in Alhaurín el Grande had, who according to sources from the Government subdelegation was in the system.
Already in March 2024, the victim, a British national, had reported her then-partner for a minor crime of threats, as revealed by the (TSJA). The man was then sentenced to 31 days of community service, a ban on carrying firearms and a four-month restraining order from his partner.
After serving the sentence, the couple resumed family coexistence until the events that occurred on October 22, 2025. Then she reported him again “for having kicked her in the hip and having threatened to kill her, in addition to directing several insults at her,” according to the TSJA. The next day, after taking statements from both of them, the Court of Instance number 2 of Coín imposed on him where the woman resided and any place where she was, in addition to prohibiting him from communicating with her by any means. The judge also granted the woman the enjoyment of the family home with her children and the obligation for the father to pay a monthly financial amount for the support of the minors.
That case is yet to be judged for humiliation, threats and mistreatment, but the now detained man violated the restraining order issued, so on December 3 he was sentenced to four months in prison by the same court. “The accused accepted the facts and was satisfied with the sentence imposed for the violation,” the TSJA emphasizes, where they explain that entry into prison was suspended for two years with the condition that the convicted person did not commit any crime. By then she had already filed for divorce to separate. The couple has three children together: an eleven-year-old boy and two eight-year-old twins.
Despite the judicial situation, the man continued to harass his now ex-partner. And this Saturday he went to the family home around eleven in the morning and attacked her with a kitchen knife while her son and daughters were in the house. It was the victim herself who screamed for help, which alerted the neighbors, who called the 112 Andalucía Emergency service while one of them managed to enter the house and found Victoria surrounded by a pool of blood, lying on the floor next to a knife. When the health services arrived they could only certify his death.
The man surrendered at the Alhaurín de la Torre prison and was detained by the Civil Guard. This Tuesday, the same court that had tried him, competent in Violence against Women, has decreed his entry into provisional prison, communicated and without bail. The detainee is being investigated for the crime of homicide and another crime of violating the restraining order with respect to the victim. In addition to ordering his imprisonment, the judge imposed a restraining order and a prohibition on communication with his children and agreed to suspend his parental rights. The arrested person, according to legal sources, took advantage of his right not to testify while waiting to have a private lawyer and requested to be examined by a doctor about his mental situation.
So far this year, cinco women have been murdered by their partners or ex-partners. Since the company started in 2003, they are 1.348 women.
Telephone 016 assists victims of sexist violence, their families and those around them 24 hours a day, every day of the year, in 53 different languages. The number is not registered on the telephone bill, but the call must be deleted from the device. You can also contact via email and by WhatsApp at the number 600 000 016. Minors can contact the ANAR Foundation telephone number 900 20 20 10. If it is an emergency situation, you can call 112 or the National Police (091) and the Civil Guard (062) telephone numbers. And if you cannot call, you can use the ALERTCOPS application, from which an alert signal is sent to the Police with geolocation.
