The former local police officer Son Servera, accused of trying to kill his wife by choking her with a scarf After an argument, he was sentenced this Thursday by the Provincial Court of Palma to seven and a half years in prison for attempted murder. In addition, the Court has established a restraining order for the victim for ten years, as well as the payment of 6,600 euros in compensation for injuries and moral damages.
The events took place in March 2018, when the couple began an argument at their home after the woman expressed her intention to go out with some friends, to which the convicted man refused.
According to the sentence, at that moment the former agent became aggressive, insulted his partner, grabbed her by the shoulders and He forcibly dragged her to the bathroom, where he tried to suffocate her. tightening a scarf around his neck. The victim, however, managed to escape after kicking and slapping her attacker, first taking refuge in the bathroom and then escaping to a friend’s house.
“He did everything necessary to take her life”
In this sense, the court has considered that the accused “he practiced all acts objectively necessary to take life” to the woman, and that the fatal outcome did not occur solely due to the active resistance of the victim, who managed to escape from her attacker. “Specifically, with kicks, slaps, attempts to avoid the attacks and escape,” the sentence states.
The Prosecutor’s Office He had initially requested a sentence of ten years in prison, but the court has reduced the sentence to seven and a half years due to the mitigating circumstance of undue delays in the process. Furthermore, the crimes of mistreatment and threats alleged by the private prosecution have not been appreciated, arguing that the attacks were included in homicidal conduct.
For its part, the defense of the convicted He has already announced that he will appeal the sentencemaintaining his request for acquittal considering that “only the victim’s testimony is available” as key evidence.
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