The National Police have arrested a 49-year-old man in Estepona (Malaga) as the alleged perpetrator of a reckless homicide. The arrested man, a Spanish national, was found last Saturday in a cafeteria in this town on the Costa del Sol with the victim, whom he repeatedly hit with steel-toed boots. The attacked, 57-year-old, died the next day in the hospital while he was undergoing emergency surgery for the spleen. The investigation has revealed that they both knew each other and were friends until 2017. That year, the daughter of the arrested man – then a minor – reported that the now deceased had sexually harassed her. The aggressor has been brought to justice this Wednesday.
The attack took place around 12:30 last Saturday. The now detainee approached the victim’s back, who was in a cafeteria in Estepona, threw him to the ground and, immediately afterwards, kicked him several times in the side. He wore boots “reinforced at the toe with a steel material,” according to sources from the National Police. The same sources emphasize that the witnesses to the events heard how the aggressor alluded to the sexual harassment suffered by his daughter.
Several clients of the establishment managed to stop the attack and, minutes later, the attacker and his victim left the premises each by their own side. However, the victim began to feel unwell the next day, Sunday, December 5. His partner called an ambulance and while he was being treated, he went into cardiorespiratory arrest. Minutes later, he was admitted in critical condition to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Costa del Sol hospital in Marbella. The victim died in the operating room while he was undergoing emergency surgery for the spleen. Her attacker was later arrested for his alleged responsibility in a crime of reckless murder. The boots with the reinforced toe were intervened at his home.
The investigation, carried out by agents of the Specialized and Violent Crime Unit (UDEV) of the Estepona Police Station, has uncovered the previous relationship between the two men. They had been neighbors and friends until 2017. Then, one of the daughters of the now arrested man, who was a minor at the time, told her parents that she was being sexually harassed by that acquaintance, who was 53 years old. Later, the family filed a police report. Four years later, the attack has occurred. Its author, who has been in custody at the Estepona Police Station, appeared before the judge this morning.
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