Scots OAP held after ex-wife was attacked with crowbar
A SCOTS OAP has been arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide after his ex-wife was attacked by an intruder armed with a crowbar.
The 69-year-old was held after allegedly breaking into his victim’s home in Spain and hitting her repeatedly on the head with the weapon.
He has been remanded in custody pending an ongoing investigation after appearing in a private court hearing.
His alleged victim, also 69, is in the Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital in El Palmar, near Murcia in South-East Spain, recovering from multiple injuries including skull and cheekbone fractures.
The incident occurred at a property in Aguilas on the Costa Calida, at the southern end of Murcia’s coastline.
The injured woman, also British, woke up to find an intruder with a crowbar standing over her bed.
She told police she was hit several times before managing to get her attacker to stop his assault and talk with him in a bid to calm him down. He allegedly kept her prisoner for two hours before leaving on the understanding she would not call the police when he left.
Police say she rang for help the minute he was out of the door and the suspect was arrested as he returned to the house after realising he had left the crowbar.
It is understood a restraining order previously in place against the suspect had expired.
A Civil Guard spokesman said: ‘A British man aged 69 has been arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide in Aguilas.
‘He entered the home of his ex-wife in the early hours and allegedly attacked her with an iron bar.
‘The woman managed to get him to leave her house and alerted the authorities. The detainee has been remanded in jail. The victim remains in hospital.”
The spokesman added: ‘Two Civil Guard patrols found a man and a woman covered in blood when they arrived at the property.
‘The woman told the officers she had been attacked by the man, who was her ex-partner. The officers discovered that there had been a restraining order in place against the man, but it had expired.’