In April 2008 a British woman from Torrevieja was stabbed to death by a Cuban man.Last week a court at Elche found the man guilty of the murder of the woman and the prosecution is asking for a 17 year sentence.

The jury did consider as an extenuating circumstance the fact that the accused handed himself in to the police and told the Guardia Civil where he had disposed of the weapon.They would not accept his petition for a pardon or a partial pardon.He had changed his story in court to say that he was having a romantic relationship with the woman and that when he refused to leave his wife it was she who attacked him and that the whole thing was a terrible accident.

Police testimonies cast doubt on this version of events.They said that there was no sign of a fight and felt that if there had been a fight then the man was well able to defend himself.He accepted that the knife blade broke in the womans body and that he removed these and disposed of them.he also disposed of his own clothes.The judge is about to make a decision about the sentence.