Overview
- The victim has filed a private accusation that asks for a 33-year prison term and adds a charge of habitual psychological abuse, a count that targets repeated mental harm in a relationship.
- State prosecutors seek nearly 22 years in prison on charges of attempted murder with treachery and cruelty, harassment, and psychological injury, plus €672,286 in damages.
- The trial will take place in the fourth section of the Provincial Court of Pontevedra, but the court has not set a date yet.
- Prosecutors say the former partner waited outside her home in Valladares, doused her with gasoline, and set her on fire, and police detained him that same morning.
- The attack left burns on about 28% of her body, led to an induced coma and almost two months in hospital, and has resulted in lasting scars, mobility limits, PTSD, and ongoing psychological leave.