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The preliminary autopsy results on Lina, the woman allegedly killed by her husband in Benalmadena on Sunday suggest that she was strangled.
The medical team has not ruled out the possibility that a knife was used to attack the 48-year old victim.
The couple was going through a divorce proceeding after they had separated.
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Lina’s family is still waiting for the Institute of Legal Medicine of Malaga, Malaga, to transfer her corpse to a mortuary for a memorial service.
The detainee – a Nigerian national – is still under police custody. She hasn’t yet been brought in front of a court.
He is also facing arson charges for setting the house on fire with four of their children (aged 7 to 18) in it. They managed to escape.
Lina filed a complaint of domestic violence against her partner on January 21.
She claimed that her alleged aggressor had threatened her, coerced her and harassed her, but she said that he hadn’t physically abused her, as he raised his hand, without striking her.
Though she asked for a restraining order, a judge denied her request as the ‘requirements were not met’ and that risk assessments were ‘medium’ as opposed to ‘high’.
The husband was facing a speedy trial on lesser charges.
Andalucia’s Justice Minister, Jose Antonio Nieto, admitted on Monday that ‘mistakes may have been made’.
