The investigating judge of the Court of Barcelona, Joseph Caristiaat the request of the Barcelona Public Prosecutor’s Office headed by the prosecutor Joseph Verzerain the hearing held yesterday in the council chamber, validated the arrest, and at the same time issued an order of precautionary custody in prison, for the45 year old violent ex-partner of Swiss origin who in the late morning of August 9th attacked his 30-year-old ex-partner with several stab wounds to the neck, hands and forearm, in the presence of minors who are part of the same family unit.
The victim was saved by a fellow countrywoman of the same young woman who had welcomed her into her home a few hours earlier, together with the victim’s minor children. because she herself – perhaps knowing the man’s habits – feared a priori a more violent reaction than usual from her ex-partner. In fact the woman he had met a short time before had the ability to snatch the kitchen knife from the hands of the man, who apparently was already drunk, which he was holding and had waved at the victim, hitting her. Knife that had a 12-centimeter blade and that the landlady managed to remove from the attacker’s hand and hide under the refrigerator.
During the validation hearing the accused, defended by the lawyer Christian Mazzeoagreed to be questioned, giving unclear and confusing answers. Unlike what was requested by the magistrate on duty, the deputy prosecutor Charles Braywho contested several crimes, immediately ordering the arrest in flagrante delicto, in his order the investigating judge Giuseppe Caristia considered personal injuries absorbed by the crime of attempted murder. At the same time, it also excluded the crime of mistreatment “due to the lack of the objective and subjective element”.
Beyond the evaluation of the precautionary phase, as reported in the order of precautionary custody in prison, the Carabinieri of the Barcellona Company, who operated under the command of Captain Francis Severushave documented that the perpetrator of the attempted murder has been reported several times at liberty for mistreatment in the family against his partner and this already on 31 August 2021 and the following 4 December 2023. Furthermore, on 2 September 2021, a warning was issued against the man by the Messina Police Chief in relation to the crime of mistreatment in the family committed against the same young woman who was under 30 at the time.
Subsequently, in the months of March 2024 and June 2024, two interventions were carried out by the police for intemperate and abusive behavior carried out by the same suspect towards his partner.
The young woman, also of foreign origin, victim of violent abuse and ultimately of attempted femicide, escaped other very serious acts of violence inflicted, at different times, by two other men with whom she had lived before falling into yet another hellish relationship.which exposed her to mortal danger.