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Murcia’s prosecutors have asked that Mitchell Ong, a Singaporean, be charged in connection with the death of Audrey Fang, a 39-year-old fellow national, which occurred in April 2013.
Ong (43), a prisoner, watched a hearing that took place in Cieza, Thursday, by videolink.
The maximum sentence for murder is between 15 and 25 year.
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Manuel Martinez, an attorney representing the Fang family, is assisting in the prosecution of the Public Prosecutor.
He said the facts accumulated by the Guardia Civil and an investigating judge clearly point to murder which Ong allegedly committed in a ‘treacherous and cruel manner’.
Ong’s lawyer, Maria Jesus Ruiz de Castañeda says a new probe should be held including an expert analysis of her client’s phone and an attempt to get a statement from him, after he has so far invoked his right to stay silent.
Audrey Fang, who left Singapore for Spain on April 4, booked a room in Javea at the Costa Blanca.
Contact was lost on April 10th. The visit was supposed to last eight days.
The hotel security cameras caught the last sighting the night before.
She told her family she may be meeting a new friend, but she did not say who it was.
Her body, found dumped on a lorry in Abanilla (Murcia), some 150 kilometers away, was discovered by the park.
Audrey was stabbed more than 30 times. Mitchell Ong, the suspect in this case, was arrested six day later in Alicante.
She was said to have had an ‘on-off’ relationship with Ong dating back 10 years
He was a financial advisor and a former insurance agent who had been nominated as the sole beneficiary of Fang’s savings account said to have contained around €345,000.
