A 37-year-old neighbor from the Malaga town of Estepona has been imprisoned after dousing his partner with gasoline, who had intended to break off the relationship with him, and setting fire to the house with his wife and daughter. , a minor, inside, who were unharmed.
As reported this Monday by the National Police, the detainee tried to end the life of his partner and the girl after learning of the woman's intentions to end a two-year relationship.
Thus, after soaking them in fuel and pouring the same substance inside the home with them inside, the investigated person threw a cigarette butt that set fire, although the victims managed to escape from the building unharmed and were helped outside by the neighbors and the police present. area.
It was a call to 091 from the National Police that alerted of an episode of sexist violence in the town of Estepona, where agents from the Citizen Assistance Group went, and upon arrival they located two women, who turned out to be mother and daughter. , soaked with gasoline outside their home.
The man had beaten her, doused her and her daughter with fuel, and set the house on fire at the time the woman told him of her intention to end the relationship.
Those affected, who were able to leave the house before being hit by the fire, were accompanied by the agents to a medical center, to later file a complaint and be transferred to a shelter.
The person under investigation, with numerous records of similar events, was placed at the disposal of the judge as presumed responsible for a crime of abuse in the family and his imprisonment was ordered.
